To retire from a life at sea and settle ashore.

A cylinder used to carry rotating machine parts, such as pulleys and gears, to transmit power or motion; such as a propeller shaft.

(1) The mast section next above the topmast and and below the royal mast. (2) The yard supported by that mast. (3) The third lowest square sail. It is stretched between the topgallant yard and the top yard.

In trouble.

A control line that adjusts tension along the foot of the sail, pulling the clew away from the tack; used to maintain proper sail shape.

A nautical version of the national flag of the country usually flown at the stern. (2) Adopted by the United States Navy in 1862, the rank of a young officer equivalent to that of midshipman. The flag carried by a ship as insignia of her nationality.

The proper return port of a discharged seaman.

The dimensionless number obtained when the difference between maximum and minimum instantaneous shaft speeds during one period is divided by the arithmetic mean of these two.

A ship designed to carry either ore or oil in bulk.

Same as not under command.

Break horse power

A nickname referring to British seamen. All British ships were to carry a supply of lime juice for issue to the crew as a preventative against scurvy.

A listing of a particular boat's steering deviation on each point of the compass

Are load carrying machine elements permitting some degree of motion in which the lubricant is air or some other gas.

The direction and speed of the wind as it appears to those on board, relative to the speed and direction of the boat; combination of the true wind and the wind caused by the boat's movement through the water.

Toward the shore

When a vessel fills with water and sinks.

A ring or hoop of metal.

For ships, a cargo handling area parallel to the shoreline where a vessel normally ties up.- For land transportation, a loading or unloading platform at an industrial location or carrier terminal.