Sequence of letters and numbers, unique to each ship by which ships can be identified.

A mast that is stepped (placed) on the deck of a boat rather than through the boat and keel stepped. The mast of a deck stepped boat is usually easier to raise and lower and are usually intended for lighter conditions than keel stepped boats.

Practice of loading iron ore cargoes into every alternate hold, leaving the remaining holds empty.

A sea on the quarter (coming from a side of the stern).

Describes the pressure drop through a component and is the difference in pressure between two points.

Any fixed object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radiobeacons, and lighthouses, and to indicate safe and unsafe waters.

Metal bolts with an eye in the end.

(1) The last position on a chart, when a ship is leaving the land.(2) The number of nautical miles that one place is eastwards or westwards of another. (3)The easting or westing made by a vessel. The bearing of an object on the coast from which a vessel c ...

An anchor engine used for heaving in the chain cable and anchor.

A forceful resistance to recognized authority. A refusal to obey a legal order of a superior officer is also considered mutiny.

Small cask used for carrying drinking water in a boat.

Altitude

Small bulldozer used to go over bulk cargoes.

A receptacle which serves to store compressed air for heavy demands in excess of compressor capacity.

A boat that is letting herself be subjected to prevailing conditions without the use of sails or other devices. Lying ahull is usually not preferred to other actions because a boat may tend to lie with her beam to the waves and the wind parallel to the wa ...

Holding oars at right angles to fore and aft line of boat with blades horizontal and parallel to surface of water.

A landing wharf or pier; a dike at a river s mouth.

A river, canal or other body of water that boats can travel on.

Sailing close-hauled

A steam boiler on a ship deck used to supply steam to deck machinery when the main boilers are shut down.