A vertical post extending above the deck for securing mooring lines

see Turnbuckle

The stationary seating surface, the inlet of a valve.

A volume. Cubic meters per second.

The imaginary line running from bow to stern along the middle of the boat.

Short lengths of line attached to the sail used to tie the extra sail out of the way when reefing.

Small struts or spars extending toward the sides from one or more places along the mast. The shrouds cross the end of the spreaders, enabling the shrouds to better support the mast. Also known as crosstrees in older vessels.

A long sturdy pole fitted with a blunt hook at one end designed to catch a line when coming alongside a pier or mooring, to facilitate putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off.

A severe type of food poisoning caused by eating contaminated fish

A person or firm performing a consolidation service for others. The consolidator takes advantage of lower full carload (FCL) rates, and savings are passed on to shippers.

In sailboat racing, a tactical maneuver to lock in a competitor by tacking on them in close proximity so they can not tack from under your boat and they start to lose speed due to your sails blocking their sails.

A written contract between the owner of a vessel and the person desiring to employ the vessel (charterer); sets forth the terms of the arrangement such as duration of agreement, freight rate and ports involved in the trip.

The triangle formed by the masthead, the base of the mast at deck level, and the lower end of the headstay.

elegant, luxurious. Originally an acronym for Port Over Starboard Home. Created by British travelers to India or Australia, describing the preferred accommodations aboard ship, which lessened effects of the tropical sun on the cabins during the voyage.

A document specifying the nation of registry of the vessel.

On a wooden vessel, the outermost deck plank covering the gunwale. also called Covering Board

On a square-rigged ship, a light weather sail set next above the royal in fair weather.

To temporarily stop all movement of a line through a block by placing the hauling part across the sheave of the block. This jams the sheave and holds it tight, and a pull on the hauling part will release it.

The place at which a shipment is received by a carrier from the shipper.

A sudden and violent gust of wind.