To stand at the mast and pull down on a halyard as another crewmate winches it in.

To leave a ship without authority (deserting).

A short strut on a mast angled forward at about 45

Also known as a preferred channel buoy. A red and green horizontally striped buoy used in the United States to mark the separation of a channel into two channels. The preferred channel is indicated by the color of the uppermost stripe. Red on top indicate ...

(1) A sailing vessel common in the Far East. It's flat-bottomed, high sterned, has square bows, and has two or three masts carrying lugsails. (2) Old and condemned rope.

A temporary repair or replacement using improvised materials and parts.

Makeshift rig (emergency rig).

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Erosion rate per unit of erosion index in a cultivated continuous fallow soil.

Eskimo word for a light, covered-in canoe type boat.

(1) The backbone of a vessel, running fore and aft along the center line of the bottom of the hull; the timber at the very bottom of the hull to which frames are attached. (2) A flat surface built into the bottom of the boat to prevent or reduce the leewa ...

The timber or bar forming the backbone of the vessel and running from the stem to the stempost at the bottom of the ship.

The lowest longitudinal timber of a vessel, on which framework of the whole is built up; combination of iron plates serving same purpose in iron vessel.

Blocks on which the keel of a vessel rests when being built, or when she is in dry dock.

A mast that is stepped (placed) on the keel at the bottom of the boat rather than on the deck. Keel stepped masts are considered sturdier than deck stepped masts.

To tie a rope about a man and, after passing the rope under the ship and bringing it up on deck on the opposite side, haul away, dragging the man down and around the keel of the vessel. As the bottom of the ship was always covered with sharp barnacles, th ...

A severe naval punishment for serious offenses in which the victim was hauled from one yardarm to the other under the keel of the ship. The victim rarely survived; he would either be cut to ribbons by the shellfish on the ship's bottom or drown.

A beam attached to the top of the floors to add strength to the keel on a wooden boat.

A look-out is stationed in a position to watch for danger ahead. To be on guard against sudden opposition or danger.

To keep the sails full and drawing