C
C-Flex Fiberglass Planking
Cabin
Cable
Cable-length
Cabotage
Calm
Camber
Camel
Can
Canada Navigation Rules
Cant Frames
Canvas
Capping
Capsize
Capsizing
Capstan
Capstan-bar
Captain
Captain's Protest
Carbon Fiber & Kevlar Fabrics
Carbon/Kevlar Hybrid Fabrics
Carburetor Identification (MerCruiser)
Cardinal Buoy
Cardinal Points
Cargo
Cargo Space
Carlin
Carling
Carrier
Carrier’s Liability Acts (ocean)
Carvel Planking
Cast Off
Casualty
Catamaran
Catboat
Cathode
Cation
Caulk
Caulking
Cavitation Erosion
CCS
Cedar, Alaska
Cedar, Atlantic White
Cedar, Northern White
Cedar, Port Orford
Cedar, Western Red
Ceiling
Celestial Navigation
Cells (Container Ships)
Center Of Buoyancy
Center Of Effort (CE)(Sail)
Center Of Flotation (F)
Center Of Gravity
Center Of Lateral Resistance (CLR)
Centerboard
Centerboard Lift
Centerline
CERCLA
Certificate Of Inspection
CFR
Chafe
Chafing Gear
Chain Locker
Chain Plate Or Chainplates
Channel
Charley Noble
Chart
Charter Party
Charterer
Charterer's Legal Liability
Chassis
Check
Chief
Chief Mate
Chine (Chine Log)
Chock
Chocked
Chord
Chow
Clamp
Class
Classification Definition
Classification Of Vessels As Self-Propelled (NVIC
Classification Organizations
Cleat
Clench Fastening
Clench Planking
Clew
Clinker Built
Clip-On
Clipper Bow
Close Coupled Towing
Close Reach
Close-hauled
Clove Hitch
Coaming
Coastwise
Coat, Mast
Cockpit
Cocktails (humor)
Code Pennant
Cofferdam
COFR
COGSA
Coil
CoInsurers
Cold Bent (frames)
Cold Water Areas (NVIC 7-91)
Cold-Molded Construction
Collision
Collision Clause
Colored Pigments
Colors
ColRegs (Collision Regulations)
Coming About
Coming Around
Common Charges
Comparative Fault / Negligence
Compass
Compass Card
Compass Rose
Compatibility (of Goods)
Computation Of Load Line (Or Freeboard) Marks
Condemnation
Condition Definitions
Confined Space
Conn
Container
Contraband
Contribution
Contributory Negligence
Controllable Pitch Propellers
Convention Measurement System
Convoy
Coordinated Universal Time
Cored Construction
Corrosion
Corrosion Fatigue (CF)
Corrosion Potential (Ecorr)
Corrosion Product
Corrosion Survey
Corrosion Test Meter
Counter Flooding (NVIC 4-77)
Course
Cove Line
Cover
Covering Board
COW
Coxswain
CPA
CQR Anchor
Cradle
Creep
Crevice Corrosion
Crew
Critical Flaw Size
Cross Liabilities
Crossing The Line
Crosstrees
Crow's Nest
CRS
Cruising Guides
CSS
Cuddy
Cure
Current
Cut-water
Cutter
Cycloidal Drive (VSP)
Cyclone
Cypress, Bald
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Camel
A large float (often a small barge or cluster of logs) placed between a large ship and a pier or between two ships to prevent rubbing or chafing. See
Fender
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