Assault upon a seaman, by Master, while at sea.

A manmade waterway used to connect bodies of water that do not connect naturally. Canals use locks to raise and lower boats when connecting bodies of water that have different water levels.

Said to weigh.

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

Incapable of being mixed without separation phases. Water and petroleum oil are immiscible under most conditions, although they can be made miscible with the addition of an emulsifier.

Said of anchor when it is under ship's forefoot, and cable is nearly up and down.

Weight of the goods alone without any immediate wrappings, e.g., the weight of the contents of a tin can without the weight of the can.

Steel disc, that is dogged down over a porthole to secure against breakage of the glass and to prevent light from showing through.

A propeller that can have the pitch of its blade changed to reduce drag when not in use.

A wind shift that allows a boat to sail above its mean wind course.

To assemble passengers and/or crew.

A filter unit that combines three principles to filter out oil aerosols: 1) Direct interception - A sieving action, 2) Inertial impaction - Collision with filter media fibers, 3) Diffusion -Particles travel in a spiral motion, presenting an effective fron ...

(1) The condition of a vessel stranded on a reef or a rock when the seas break over her deck. (2) Half drunk; incapacitated by drink.

Used for sending messages to outside companies. Messages are transmitted via Western Union, ITT and RCA. Being replaced by fax and internet.

Alphabet used by the Navy when making sure that a letter is understood; i.e. "BRAVO OSCAR ALPHA TANGO spells BOAT"

Change from a run to a reach

The part on the object which is hauled upon.

Goods floating on surface of sea after a wreck.

The highest level of cube utilization that can be achieved when loading cargo into a container.

A list of navigational lights arranged in geographical order, giving the position and characteristics.