Any Boat Designed with a pointed bow and stern

Line attached to the bottom of the boom used to flatten the sail by pulling the boom down, and thus tightening the luff of the sail. (2) A line used for hauling down a jib or staysail.

A series of sound signals required by COLREGS to prevent collisions at sea.

The large enclosed floor where the lines of a vessel are laid out and the molds or templates made.

An expression of surprise or unbelief, as when a ship strikes a rock or shoal so hard that her timbers shiver.

The tackle used for running guns in and out.

Sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up in the form of a wave. also known as Eagre.

The forwardmost or front part of the vessel. Opposite of Stern

Document listing all personal goods of crew members.

Temporarily placed longitudinal bulkheads used to prevent bulk cargo from shifting.

a filter medium that retains contaminants primarily within tortuous passages.

A Marine insurance term to refer to partial loss on an individual shipment from one of the perils insured against, regardless of the balance of the cargo. Particularaverage insurance can usually be obtained, but the loss must be in excess of a certain per ...

Articles which are taken apart to reduce the cubic footage displaced or to make a better shipping unit and are to be re-assembled.

The person or company who is usually the supplier or owner of commodities shipped. Also called Consignor.

Depending upon as a condition

The state of a vessel when she is so loosened as to droop at each end.

Cruising in shallow water and spending the nights in coves.

A vessel formed of two or more hulls. A catamaran has two hulls, and a trimaran has three hulls.

Let the sail out by easing the sheet.

A time draft under a letter of credit that has been accepted and purchased by a bank at a discount.