To leave port.

To make secure

A boat that is comfortable in rough weather.

Rope made of the fibers of the hemp plant and used for small stuff or less than 24 thread (1.75 inch circumference). (Rope is measured by circumference, wire by diameter.)

To remain nearly alongside another vessel.

Sort of large pulley with sheave and steel block found on a derrick

After a seam is caulked, to lay over it a narrow piece of canvas and then pour on hot pitch and tar .

Letters, numbers, and other symbols placed on cargo packages to facilitate identification. Also known as marks.

A colorless odorless very poisonous gas formed by the incomplete burning of carbon. Found in some ambient air conditions.

Numbers of large pieces of floating ice that have come together and lie more or less in contact.

A writ issued by a court; requires that specific things be done.

Federal Communications Commission Rules governing radio equipment and operation in the United States.

Change direction so as to point closer to where the wind is coming from. The opposite of falling off.

A docking line going at approximately a right angle from the boat to the dock, preventing movement away from the dock.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed by the mechanical action of rotating vanes or impellers imparting velocity and pressure to the flowing medium. (Raise the pressure of the air by converting the energy from the velocity of the air to pressure.)

An officer who attends to the berthing, etc., of ships in a harbor.

The overlapping of wooden planks, used to form the outer surface of a boat's hull.

A pointed stern, such as those on a canoe.

A card marked in degrees and having sightings on it that is used to take bearings relative to the ship, rather than magnetic bearings as taken with a compass.

Hoist or haul in the anchor.