Same as not under command.

A direction of forty-five degrees or less from the stern.

A small low rail around the deck of a boat. The toe rail may have holes in it to attach lines or blocks and to allow drainage. A larger wall is known as a gunwale.

The extension of an air actuator beyond its design height.

The process of desiccants being regenerated by water being driven off the desiccant. Hot air or gas passes through the desiccant bed, heating it. As a result, the partial pressure of the water vapor becomes higher than that in the regenerating air. Water ...

The straight or curved line of the deck line; curvature of the lines of a vessel toward the bow and stern.

The curve (sag) of a rope, cable or chain hung between two points such as the anchor rode or towing line; the deeper the curve, the more catenary.

(1) A second method of propelling a vessel. On a sailboat this would be the engine. (2) Machinery fitted in steam and motor vessels which is not part of the main propelling machinery. (3) a support group, e.g., Coast Guard Auxiliary

The angle between the sail and the apparent wind or the rudder or centerline and the water flow.

A receptacle, open to atmosphere, that is used to used to collect condensate. For example, two or three drain pipes from various filters may be discharging into a funnel. In this case the funnel is a tundish.

A pulpit located on the stern.

A nickname referring to British seamen. All British ships were to carry a supply of lime juice for issue to the crew as a preventative against scurvy.

Sailor's name for the north star, Polaris, which for all practical purposes remains fixed above the north pole, bearing north from everywhere in the northern hemisphere, making it a true aid to navigation.

For ships, a cargo handling area parallel to the shoreline where a vessel normally ties up.- For land transportation, a loading or unloading platform at an industrial location or carrier terminal.

Marks of identification.

A sturdy railing or elevated guard rail around the deck at the stern. also known as Pushpit

A kind of navigational buoy

Disciplinary code in which maritime crimes and punishments are specified.

The short foot rope at the end of a yard at the outer corner of a square sail used when reefing or furling.

Containers loaded at port of loading and discharged at port of destination.