A location that is not sheltered from the wind and seas. An open location would not make a good anchorage.

The energy in foot pounds required to compress polytropically and to transfer one pound of a given gas from one pressure level to another.

A charted feature or chosen position on a chart

When the sheer curves down towards the bow and stern.

The planning and implementation of strategies designed to encourage consumers to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy costs, change the time of usage, or promote the use of different energy source.

The part on the object which is hauled upon.

The cover of a scuttle-way or small hatchway which leads to to or from a store room, cabin of small craft, crew's quarters, the forecastle or fore peak.

A sailboat with two masts. Generally, the shorter mizzen mast is aft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post, while a similar vessel, the yawl, has the mizzen mast aft of the rudder post. The mizzen mast of a ketch is larger than that of a yawl.

A unit of power equal to 1,000 watts.

Time saved, reward for quick turnaround in dry cargo only.

A pointed stern, such as those on a canoe.

The names of battles or individual ship actions in which a warship has taken part, usually displayed in a prominent place on a ship as a source of pride in her name. Known as Battle Stars in the U.S. Navy.

Lift anchor off the bottom.

A short-sea vessel which transfers cargo between a central "hub" port and smaller "spoke" ports.

A card marked in degrees and having sightings on it that is used to take bearings relative to the ship, rather than magnetic bearings as taken with a compass.

Filled with water but afloat.

Change from a run to a reach

A passenger or cargo-carrying ship which is operated between scheduled, advertised ports of loading and discharge on a regular basis.

Maintaining position over the ground when underway in a river or tidal stream.

Gossip, usually about other people or events. The term scuttlebutt evolved from the name of a keg containing water and alcohol that sailors used to gather about before meals.