Jail

A shipwrecked sailor as compared with one who has been marooned or deliberately put ashore.

To reach the end; to bring one object hard up against another, as when two blocks in a block and tackle arrangement are brought together.

General name for a broad, flat-bottomed boat used in transporting cargo between a vessel and the shore. The distinction between a lighter and a barge is more in the manner of use than in equipment. The term "lighter" refers to a short haul, generally in c ...

Percentage of freight payable to broker (by owners in c/p's) or applicable to sale or purchase.

Shipment of goods to a foreign country.

A line used for capsizing the sea anchor and hauling it in.

To keep close.

A vessel whose bow and stern have drooped. The opposite of sagged.

Tassels of unraveled line, yarns, etc. which are lashed around chafe spots such as spreaders to prevent chafe on sails.

To loose a rope is to let it go

A four sided sail bent onto a yard. Similar to a gaff sail, but with a wider throat.

Wooden swells on each side of the after end of a boom, having sheaves through which to lead the leech reefing pendants.

The anchor is under the hawse .

Iron or steel straps fastened diagonally across a ship's frames to make a rigid framework.

See insurance.

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

Amount of unused space in a ship or a hold by virtue of the irregular shape of the cargo.

Where the water and sky or ground and sky appear to intersect.

Weight of the earth's atmosphere over a unit area of the earth's surface, measured with a mercury barometer at sea level. which corresponds to the pressure required to lift a column of mercury 760 mm.