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.

To bleed is the operation of draining any water out of a buoy which may have seeped inside after long use at sea.

Wind coming from the south.

A materials handling/storage facility used for completely unitized loads in containers and/or empty containers. Commonly referred to as CY.

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

That part of the water which is diverted from the main stream of a current and as a result flows in the opposite direction.

Blowdown.

A deck dryer composed of a flat piece of wood shod with rubber, and a handle. Stanchions

A line drawn on a chart, as a result of a bearing, along which the boat is positioned

To put out a mooring, hawser or line from a ship to a point of attachment outside her.

Abbreviation for:- Port of Loading.- Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants.

A raised portion of the hull forward of the cockpit intended to prevent water entering.

Is a compression in which the temperature of a gas remains constant.

A term describing the seamen of a British warship.

On steam vessels has responsibility for the boilers, on diesels, the evaporators and the auxiliary equipment.

The ship's funnel or smokestack.

A structure of heavy timbers placed between ground ways and cradle to support the ship during launching.

Seller is responsible for goods and preparation of export documentation until actually placed aboard the vessel.

In maritime warfare, a declaration published by a power forbidding sea-borne trade with an enemy.

A large balloon shaped lightweight sail used when running or reaching. Spinnakers are made of cloth very similar to that used for parachutes, which is why you may also hear them called chutes, or kites.