To change the course of a sailing vessel.

A platform and protective coaming setting high up on a mast, to accommodate the look-out aloft while the ship is at sea.

An additional extra tax.

The mast aft of the mainmast in a sailing ship - the shorter mast behind the main mast on a ketch or yawl, or the third aftermost mast of a three-masted schooner or square-rigged ship.

Is one in which there is no liquid injection and/or liquid circulation for evaporative cooling or sealing.

A heavy longitudinal timber placed over the keel in a ship's stern through which the propeller shaft passes.

A navigational instrument used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies

An extra charge sometimes added to steamship freight rates; justified by higher fuel costs. (Also known as Fuel Adjustment Factor or FAF.)

The U.S. federal body charged with enforcing acts of the U.S. Congress that affect common carriers in interstate commerce. STB replaced the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1997.

This property is the ratio of the specific weight of air or gas to that of dry air at the same pressure and temperature.

The helmsman.

First attempt at best offer that can be matched

The wooden bit in the stem of a whaling boat around which the harpoon line was controlled.

The bow and forward part of the vessel above the waterline.

To assist or help.

In water transportation, the time it takes between the arrival of a vessel and its departure.

The direction of an object from the observer's position.

The maximum speed a hull can achieve without planing - the fastest a keelboat will go, usually dependent on length of the hull at the waterline

The best of its type of fishing boat. Word originates from a time when the crew used to fish from the deck of a vessel. The best fisherman got the highest place on deck, up in the bow, so his line was the highest above the sea.

Notations made when the cargo is received at the carrier's terminal or loaded aboard a vessel. They show any irregularities in packaging or actual or suspected damage to the cargo. Exceptions are then noted on the bill of lading.