To back an anchor, is to carry out a smaller one ahead of the one by which the vessel rides, to take off some of the strain. To back a sail, is throw it aback. To back and fill, is alternately to back and fill the sails.

A compartment for passengers or crew.

A measurement. Inside diameter.

That which is loaded into a ship. The act of loading.

A document transferring a container from one carrier to another, or to/from a terminal.

General Average

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Amount of condensate collected in the intercooler.

Eskimo word for a light, covered-in canoe type boat.

South Africa (flag).

Eastern Weighing and Inspection Bureau.

See "Free of Particular Average."

Anything of Government Issue.

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A look-out is stationed in a position to watch for danger ahead. To be on guard against sudden opposition or danger.

The prefix placed before the name of a warship of the British Navy to indicate that she is Her (His) Majesty's ship.

That part of yard that lies between the lift and the outboard end of the yard.

A pole with a blade at the end used to row a rowboat. Oars are different than paddles because they have a provision to be secured to the rowboat for rowing, such as an oarlock. The three parts to an oar are: the blade, the part which enters the water; the ...

A beam attached to the top of the floors to add strength to the keel on a wooden boat.

An area of water totally or partially enclosed by coral islands, atolls, and reefs.

To keep the sails full and drawing