A small local current usually caused by tidal streams as they ebb and flow around or against obstructions.

The stay that the jib is hoisted on. Usually the headstay.

Mesh is the number of openings in a square inch of screen or sieve. It is equal to the square of the number of strands of metal or plastic screening per lineal inch. Standard US mesh screen # 16 equates to a 1.19 millimeter particle diameter, mesh size #4 ...

At a considerable distance.

An act of Congress (1903) prohibiting rebates, concession, misbilling, etc. and providing specific penalties for such violations.

A keel that is narrow and deeper than a full keel.

A pipe lead-in for anchor chain through ship's bow.

After or trailing edge of a sail; the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail and the outer edges of a square sail.

A charge made for lifting articles too heavy to be lifted by a ship's normal tackle.

A means of purifying an air stream by using both gravitational and centrifugal forces.

Metal strip and lead fastener used for locking freight car or truck doors. Seals are numbered for record purposes.

To store a yacht away on land for the winter

Use of individual carrier/rail equipment through a central agency for the benefit of carriers and shippers.

Pockets in a sail where battens can be placed to stiffen the sail.

See Heave To

Japanese tapered pipe thread (Female).

To heave in until the vessel is riding nearly over her anchor.

Sailors' term for an old ship that needed a lot of paint and repairs.

The foremost sail; a triangular shaped foresail forward of the foremast.

Machines cooled by water circulated through jackets surrounding the cylinders or casings.