A kind of navigational buoy

A pulpit located on the stern.

The proper return port of a discharged seaman.

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 unloading of a container or cargo van.

The leaning of a boat to the side because of excess weight on that side; inclination of a boat due to excess weight on one side or the other.

Break horse power

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.

Rank intermediate between officer and rating, and in charge of ratings; more or less equivalent to the rank of sergeant.

(1) The mast section next above the topmast and and below the royal mast. (2) The yard supported by that mast. (3) The third lowest square sail. It is stretched between the topgallant yard and the top yard.

A listing of a particular boat's steering deviation on each point of the compass

Required by some countries for protection against the dumping of certain types of merchandise or products.

Freight on which transportation charges are calculated on the basis of volume measurement.

Cubic capacity in 'grain"

The record of courses steered and distances traveled since the time a ship's position was last fixed by shore or astronomical observations.

A book containing the official record of a ship's activities together with remarks concerning the state of the weather, etc.

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.

A rotating fitting used to keep a line from tangling.

Overboard and by the ship's side.

In trouble.