That part of the ship's rigging which is permanently secured and not movable, such as stay, shrouds, etc.

Starboard.

The right-hand side of a ship when facing the front or forward end. The starboard side of a ship during darkness is indicated by a green light.

A sailboat sailing on a tack with the wind coming from starboard and the boom on the port side. If two boats under sail are approaching, the one on port tack must give way to the boat on starboard tack.

The familiar term for the men in the starboard watch.

On a square-rigged ship, a small sail set in light weather above the moonraker.

To start a cask, is to open it.

A system in which air supply is matched to demand by the starting and stopping of the unit.

Of a system (or part thereof) is its condition at an instant of time as described or measured by its properties.

Cabin; sleeping compartment.

The posted bill showing stations of the crew at maneuvers and emergency drills.

A law limiting the time in which claims or suits may be instituted.

Still, seaworthy, able.

To hold off a boat with a staff, boathook, long spar, etc., to prevent her from coming along too heavily. also known as Fend Off.

To cause a break in the hull which may sink the vessel; the vessel is then called stove.

A line or wire from the mast to the bow or stern of a ship, for support of the mast; rigging used to support the mast from forward or aft.

A rope of hemp, wire or iron leading forward or aft for supporting a mast.

During the operation of tacking, the moment when a sailing vessel is head to the wind and hanging there, with her head not paying off on the opposite tack. Such a vessel is said to be "in stays" or "in irons".

A triangular fore-and-aft sail carried on a stay. A sail that is set on a stay, and not on a yard or a mast. On a cutter this is the sail located between the jib and the main sail