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

Articles handled only under certain conditions.

An expression used to the crew to indicate that the boat is about to tack.

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A can buoy. A cylindrical buoy painted green and having an odd number used in the United States as a navigational aid. At night they may have a green light. Green buoys should be kept on the left side when returning from a larger body of water to a smalle ...

An old method of cleaning a vessels bottom by burning off weed, barnacles or other growth while the vessel was in dry dock or careened. Breaming was also known as graving.

A pole used as part of the sailboat rigging, such as masts, booms, gaffs, yards, etc. A vertical spar is a mast.

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 ship drives when her anchor fails to hold and she is at the mercy of wind and tide, or when she can make no progress against the wind.

A small flat boat, usually inflatable.

A large, flat bottomed boat used to carry the mud from a dredge.

Method of securing a line around a spar by taking the standing part around the spar, then a half hitch around itself and the end tucked three or four times around its own part.

Sailor's name for a block of sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship; seamen had to get down on their knees to use them. Large holystones were known as "Bibles", while smaller blocks to reach awkward places were known as "Prayer Books" ...

The athwartship portion of a hull at the stern. The flat, vertical aft end of a ship.

The topmost planking in the sides, next below the gunwale, often thicker than other planking.

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

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.

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

A publication predicting the time and height of high tide and low tide.