A small flat boat, usually inflatable.

Air cylinder

Screen of cloth or other material to give the crew protection against the weather, wind and water spray.

A vessel's position determined by observation and navigational data.

The use of a sound barrier separating the sound from the receiver.

Heavy weight,which gives a ship stability when the vessel is not carrying cargo.

A pair of additional backstays temporarily rigged to provide extra support to the masts of square rigged vessels when sailing downwind.

Forward. The opposite of abaft.

see Bream

Cargo loaded into a container by the shipper under shipper's supervision. When the cargo is exported, it is unloaded at the foreign pier destination.

A U-shaped fitting closed with a pin across the open ends, the pin sometimes being threaded at one end and sometimes held in place with a cotter pin, and used to secure sails to lines or fittings, lines to fittings, fittings to fittings, anchors to chain, ...

A short piece of line spliced into the end of the clapper by which the bell is struck. Traditionally it is finished off with a double wall knot crowned in its end.

Usually refers to a rating that applies to an article regardless of size or quantity.

Dispute Settlement Understanding

A horseshoe-shaped or circular reef of coral surrounding a lagoon.

Money paid by shipper to Master of ship for diligence in care of cargo. Not now paid to Master, but added to freight. Amount was usually about 1% of freight.

A term commonly used in connection with a bill of lading. It involves the transfer of rights, title and interest in order to assign goods by endorsing the bill of lading.

A pressure below that of the existing atmospheric pressure taken as a zero reference.

Heavy, linked chain secured to an anchor for mooring or anchoring.

(1) The transverse measurement of a boat at its widest point. Also called breadth. (2) One of the transverse members of a ship's frames on which the decks are laid.