A
A- (humor)
Aback
Abaft
Abaft The Beam
Abandon (humor)
Abandon / Abandonment
Abandon Ship
Abandon Vessel
Abeam
Able Bodied Seaman
Aboard Or Onboard
Above Deck
Aboveboard
Abreast
ABS
ABYC
Accident
Accommodation Ladder
Act Of God
Actual Cash Value
Admeasurement
Admiral
Admiralty Court
Admiralty Law
Adrift
Adventure
Aerosil-Cabosil
Afloat
Aft
After
After Perpendicular (AP)
Agent
Agreed Valuation
Aground
Ahead
Ahoy
Aids To Navigation
Alee
All Hands
All Risks
All Standing
Allision
Aloft
Alongside
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Aluminizing
Aluminum Bus Bars (NVIC 2-79)
Aluminum SPV Structural Guidelines (NVIC-11-80)
Amas
Ambit
American Bureau Of Shipping (ABS)
Amidships
Ammeter
Amphibious Pass Carrying Vehicles Insp. (NVIC 1-01
Amphoteric
Anaerobic
Anchor
Anchor Bar
Anchor Chain
Anchor Light
Anchor Locker
Anchor Roller
Anchor Watch
Anchor Windlass
Anchor's Aweigh
Anchorage
Anemometer
Anion
Anode
Anode Corrosion
Anode MIL Specs
Anodic Inhibitor
Anodizing
Answer Pennant
Anti-trip Chine
AP
Apitong
Apparent Good Order
Apparent Wind
Applicability Of Conventions (SOLAS-74)
Applicability Of Tonnage Measurment Systems To U.S
Approved Vessel
Arbitration
Arrest
As Is Where Is
Ash, White
Ashcroft Construction
Ashore
Aspect Ratio
Assailing Thieves
Assembly Station
Assignment
Astern
ATH - Aluminum Trihydrate
Athwartships
Atmospheric Corrosion
Attachment
Austenitic
Autopilot
Auxiliary
Avast
Average
Average Adjuster
Average Clauses (Particular Average Clauses)
Awash
Aweigh
Awning
B
B - (Beam)
B - (Center Of Buoyancy)
Back Rabbett
Backbone
Backing (of Wind)
Backstay
Backwinded
Backyard Boatbuilder Standards
Baggywrinkle
Bail
Bailer
Ballast
Ballast Tanks
Balsa Sandwich
Bank
Bar
Bareboat Charter
Barratry
Baseline
Bastard Sawn
Batten
Batten Down
Battens
Beach (to)
Beachcomber
Beacon
Beam
Beam Knee
Beam Reach
Beam Sea
Beam Trawling
Beam Wind
Bear A Hand
Bear Down
Bearding Line
Bearing
Bearing Off/Away
Beat
Beating
Beaufort Scale
Becalmed
Before The Wind
Belay
Belaying Pin
Bells
Belly Strap
Below
Bending, Steam
Bent Frame
Berth
Between Decks
Between-Deck
Bight
Bilge
Bilge Plank
Bilge Pump
Bimetallic Corrosion
Bimini
Binding Strake
Binnacle
Biological Corrosion
Bitter End
Bitts
Black Gang
Blast
Blind Sectors
Block
Block And Tackle
Blocking And Bracing
Blue Water
Board
Board Foot
Boarding Arrangements
Boarding Speed
Boat
Boat Anchor, Small
Boat Hook
Boat-fall
Boatswain
Bobstay
Bollard
Bollard Pull
Bolt Rope
Bonding
Bonding Fiberglass To Plywood
Boom
Boom Cradle
Boom Vang
Boomkin
Boot Top
Boot-topping
Bordereau
Bos'n
Bos'n's Chair
Bos'n's Chest
Bos'n's Locker
Both-To- Blame Collision Clause
Bottom Shape
Bottomry
Bottomry Bond
Bow
Bow Line
Bow Spring Line
Bow Thruster
Bowline
Bowsprit
Box Section Mast
Boxing The Compass
BR
Brackish
Brass
Break
Break Ground
Breaker
Breakers
Breaking Seas
Breakwater
Breast Line
Breasthook
Bridge
Bridle
Briefing
Bright Work
Brine
Brittle Fracture
Broach
Broad Reach
Broadseam
Bronze
Brow
Brown Water
Bulbous Forefoot
Bulkhead
Bulwark
Bumbershoot
Bunk
Bunker
Bunkers
Buoy
Buoyancy
Burdened Vessel
Burgee
Burnt
Butt Block
Buttock
Buttock Lines
BV
By The Board
By The Head
By The Lee
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
D
Damage Control Team
Datum
Davits
Daybeacon
Daymark
Dead Ahead
Dead Astern
Dead Light
Dead Reckoning
Dead Rise
Deadeye
Deadhead
Deadweight (dwt)
Deadwood
Decay
Deck
Deck Cargo
Deck Head
Deck Load Conditions
Deckhouse
Deckhouse
Deductible / Deductible Average (DA)
Deep Vee
Demurrage
Density
Deposit Attack
Deposit Corrosion
Depreciation
Depth (D)
Depth Of Frame
Depth Sounder
Derelict
Derrick
Destination
Deviation
Dezincification
Diagonal Planking
Dielectric Shield
Diesel Electric Propulsion
Dinghy, Dink
Dip
Disabled
Disclosure
Disembark (to)
Displacement
Displacement Hull
Displacement Volume (V)
Distress Alert (GMDSS)
Distress Signals
Ditty-bag
Diver's Flags
Divert / Diversion
Divided Damages
DNV
Dock
Dogs
Doldrums
Dolphin
Donkey Engine
Dory
Dory Anchor And Float-marker
Doryman
Double Bottom
Double Diagonal Planking
Double Headsail Rig
Double Up
Douglas-Fir
Down Haul
Downhaul
Downwind
Dowse
Draft
Drag
Dragging
Dragging (of Anchor)
Dredge Spoils
Dredging (of Anchor)
Dressing Ship
Drift
Drifting
Drive Systems
Drop Back (to)
Dry Dock
Dry Rot
Ductile Fracture
Due Diligence
Dunnage
Dutchman
DWT
E
Ease
Ebb
Ebb Tide
Edge Nailed
Edge-Grained Lumber
Edging
Electrolysis
Electrolyte
Elm, Rock
Embark (to)
End-for-end
Engine Cooling System Repair (MerCruiser Inline4)
Engine Exhaust Maintenance (MerCruiser)
Engine Identification (MerCruiser GM)
Engine Water Pump Service (MerCruiser)
Ensign
EPIRB
Epoxy Resins
Equator
Equipment
Escape Route
Escort
Estuary
ETA
ETD
Even Keel
Ex Gratia Payment
Explosion
Eye Of The Wind
Eye Splice
F
F - (Center Of Flotation)
F - (Freeboard)
Facing
Fahrenheit To Centigrade Conversion Table
Fairing
Fairing Compound
Fairlead
Fairway
Fairway Speed
Fake
Fake Down
False Keel
Fantail
Faraday's Law
Fast
Fathom
Fatigue
Fatigue Limit
Fatigue Strength
Faying
FC&S
FCC Rules
Feathering Propellers
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)
Feet To Meters Conversion Table
Fend Off
Fender
Fetch
FEU
FGP Fiberglass Pipe On Insp Vessels (NVIC 11-86)
Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Vessels (NVIC 8-87)
Fiberglass
Fiberglass Cloth
Fiberglass Mat
Fiddle
Field Day
Figure Eight Knot
Figurehead
Filiform Corrosion
Fill
Fillet/filleting
Fin Keel
Fire
Fire Party
Fire Patrol
Fire Protection, Detection And Extinction
First Repeater
Fixed Ballast (NVIC 5-82)
Fixed Keel
Flame Arrester
Flammable / Inflammable
Flare
Flat-Grained Lumber
Flemish Down
Flood
Flooding
Floor Board
Floor Or Floor Timber
Flotsam
Fluke
Flying Bridge
Fo'c'sle
Foam Monitor
Fog Horn
Fog-bound
Foil
Folding Propellers
Following Sea
Foot
Force Majeure Clause
Fore And Aft
Fore, Forward
Forecastle
Forefoot
Foremast
Forepeak
Foresail
Forestay
Forestaysail
Foretopmast
Foretriangle
Fortuitous
Forward
Forward Perpendicular (FP)
Foul (of Anchor)
Foul (of Propeller)
Fouled
Fouled Hawse
Found
Founder
FP
Frames
Framing Repairs, Wood
Franchise
Free Surface Effect
Free Water (FW)
Freeboard (F)
Freeing Port
Freighter
Fretting Corrosion
FRP
Frustration Clause
Full Keel
Full Premium If Lost (FPIL)
Full Speed
Furl
Furniture
Futtock
FWC
G
G - (Center Of Gravity)
Gaff
Gaff Rig
Gale
Gale Force Winds
Galley
Gallows
Galvanic Anode
Galvanic Corrosion
Galvanic Couple
Galvanize
Gangway
Gantline
Gantry Crane
Garboard
Garboard Strake
Garvey Hull
Gas Free Certificate
Gather Way
Gear
Gelcoat
General Average (GA)
General Cargo
General Emergency Alarm
General Maritime Law
Generator Set (Gen Set)
Genoa
Geometry Of The Ship
GFCI
Gilguy (or Gadget)
Gimball
Gipsey (gypsey)
Give-way Vessel
GL
Glass
Glass Bubbles
Glass Sight Bowls On Fuel Pumps (gas Engines)
Global Positioning System
GMDSS
GMT
Go Adrift
Gob Stick
Gooseneck
GPS
Grab Rails
Grain-Boundary Corrosion
Grapnel
Grating
Graveyard Watch
Great Circle
Green
Green Sea
Green Water
Greenheart
Greenwich Mean Time
Grommet
Gross Registered Tonnage (grt)
Gross Tonnage (Admeasure)
Gross Tons
Ground Swells
Ground Tackle
Grounding
GRT
Grub Beam
Gudgeons And Pintles
Gunkholing
Gunwale
Gurdy
Gusset
Gybe
Gypsy
H
Hail
Half Cell
Half-mast
Halibut Killer
Halyard
Halyard
Hampered Vessel
Hand
Hand Lead
Hand Rail
Hand Rope
Hand Taut
Handybilly
Hanging Knee
Hank
Harbor
Harbor Master
Hard Alee
Hard Chine
Hatch
Hatchrails
Haul
Haul Days
Haul Out
Hawse Buckler
Hawse-pipes
Hawser
HAZ MAT (Hazardous Materials)
Head
Head Room
Head Seas
Head To Wind
Heading
Headsails
Headstay
Headway
Heart
Heartwood
Heat-Affected Zone
Heave
Heave Around
Heave Away
Heave In
Heave Short
Heave Taut
Heave The Lead
Heave To
Heaving Line
Heaving To
Heavy Seas
Heavy Weather
Heel
Heel
Heel, Heeling
Helm
Helmsman
Hemp
High Tide
High-Speed Vessel Op Safety Guides (NVIC 5-01)
Highliner
Hike
Hiking
Hiking Stick
Hiking Straps
Himalyia Clause
HIN
Hit List (humor)
Hitch
Hog
Hoist
Hold
Holddown Clamp
Holding Ground
Holding Tank
Holiday
Holy Stone
Hook Damage
Horn Timber
Horse
Horse Latitudes
Horseshoe Buoy
Hot Dip Coating
Hot Frame
Hound
House
House Flag
Hove-to
Hug
Hulk
Hull
Hull Down
Hull Identification Number (HIN)
Hull Speed
Hurricane
Husband/Husbanding Agent
Hydrodynamic
Hydrofoil
Hydrogen Embrittlement
Hypolimnion
Hypothermia
I
I/O (Inboard/outboard)
IACS
IAMI
Ice-bound
ICW
IMCO
IMO-Class
In Irons
In Personam
In Rem (against The Thing)
In-line Inboard Engines
Inboard
Inboard/Outboard (Outdrive)
Inches To Millimeters Conversion Table
Inchmaree Clause
Inclusions
Increased Value Insurance
Incurred But Not Reported (IBNR)
Inherent Vice
Initial Course
Inmarsat-C
Inoperative
Inorganic
Institute Clauses
Insurable Interest
International Safety Management (ISM) Code
Intertropical Convergence Zone
Intracoastal Waterway
Inverter
Ion Concentration
Irish Pennant
Iroko
Iron Mike
Iron Sail
Ironbark
Irrespective Of Percentage
IRS
ISM (Safety Management Code)
ITCZ
J
Jack
Jackstay
Jacob's Ladder
Jason Clause
Jet Drive Steering
Jet Drives
Jetsam
Jettison
Jetty
Jews Harp
Jib
Jib Netting
Jib Sheet
Jib Stay
Jib Topsail
Jibe
Jibhead Rigging
Joint
Jolly Roger
Jones Act
Jumbo
Jump Ship
Jury Rig
K
Kedge
Kedging
Keel
Keel-haul
Keelson
Kelp Window
Kerf, Kerfing
Ketch
Kiln Dried
Kilowatt
King Pin
King Plank
King-spoke
Knee
Knife-Line Attack
Knockabout
Knocked Down
Knot
Knot Speed Conversion
Known Loss
Kort Nozzle
KR
KW
L
Labor
Laches
Lacustrine
Ladder
Laden
Lagan (Ligan)
Laid-Up
Landlubber
Lanyard
Lapstrake
Larch, Eastern
Larch, Western
LASH
Lash
Lashing
Latent Defect
Latitude / Longitude
Launch
Lay Aloft
Lay Days
Lay-Up
Lay-Up Returns
Laytime
Lazarette
Lazy Jack
Lazy Sheet
Lazyjacks
LBP
LCD
Lead
Lead Line
Lead Underwriter
Leaking
LED
Ledges
Lee
Lee Helm
Lee Shore
Leeboard
Leech
Leeward
Leeway
Legal Liability
Legend
Length Between Perpendiculars (LBP)
Length On Water Line (LWL)
Length Over All (LOA)
Let Go (to)
Letter Of Indemnity
Letter Of Undertaking
Liability Insurance
Lien
Life Boat
Life Jacket, Life Preserver, Life Vest
Life Raft
Life-line
Lifeboat Station
Lifeline
Lifesaving Appliances
Lift
Lift Strakes
Light
Light Emitting Diode (LED)
Lighterage
Lighthouse
Lightship
Lightweight Anchor
Lignumvitae
Limber
Line
Line Of Demarcation
Line Of The Upper Deck
Liner
Liner Negligence Clause
Lines
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
LISCR
List
Lloyd's Agent
Lloyd's Register Of Shipping
LOA
Load Line
Load Line Convention 66 (Computation Of Marks)
Loan Receipt
Lock
Locker
Lofting
Log
Logbook
Longitude
Longitudinal
Longitudinals
Longshore And Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
Longshoreman
Lookout
Loom
Loose
LORAN
Loss Of Market
Lost Or Not Lost
Low Tide
LR
Lubber's Line
Luff
Luff Up
Luffing
Lurch
LWL
Lyle Gun
M
M - (Metacenter)
Magnetite
Magnetite
Mahogany, African
Mahogany, Honduras
Mahogany, Philippine
Maiden Voyage
Main Deck
Main Mast
Main Sheet
Main Topsail
Mainmast
Mainsail
Mainsheet
Maintenance
Maintenance And Cure
Make Colors
Make Fast
Make The Land
Make Water
Making Iron
Man Ropes
Maneuvering Speed
Manganese Bronze
Manhole
Manila
Manufacturer
Marconi Rig
Marina
Marine Drives And Systems
Marine Grade Plywood
Marine Insurance Act
Marine Railway
Maritime
Marks
Marlinspike
Maroon
MARPOL (Pollution Equipment)
Marry
Mass Disease
Mast
Mast Partners
Mast Step
Master
Master's Protest
Masthead
Masthead Light
Masthead Rig
Mate
Mayday
Mechanical Corrosion
MEKP Hardener
MerCruiser GM Engine Identification
Meridian
Mess Gear
Messenger
Messman
Metacenter (M)
Metal Gauges Thickness Table
Metallurgical Failure Analysis Sample Removal
Midship
Midships Section
Min Bow Ht Reqs For Load Line Assgn (NVIC 10-86)
Mizzen Mast
Mizzen Sail
Mizzen Staysail
Mizzenmast
Molded Depth (Admeasure)
Molded Draft (Admeasure)
Molding
Mole
Moment To Change Trim One Inch (MT1)
Monkey Fist
Monkey Island
Monocoque
Monohedron
Monohull
Moor
Mooring
Mooring / Moorage
Mooring Buoy
Mooring Line
Morse Code
Motor
Motor Sailer
Motor Well
Motormount
Motorsailer
Mount
Mousing
MT1
Mud Scow
Multihull
Mushroom Anchor
Muster
N
Named Perils Policy
Nantucket Sleigh Ride
Nautical
Nautical Mile
Navigate
Navigation
Navigation Rules
Navigational Aids, Light And Sound Signals
Navigational Limits
Navigator
Negligence
Negligence Clause
Net Tonnage
Net Tonnage
Net Tonnage (Admeasure)
Net Tons
Netting
New For Old
NFPA
Nib
Nippers
NK
No Go Zone
No-Cure, No-Pay
Noble Metal
Not Under Command (NUC)
Not Under Control
Nun
NVIC
O
Oak, White
Oakum
Oars
Obstruction
Ocean Shipping Reform Act (1999) (OSRA)
Off Air
Off And On
Off Station (of Buoys)
Off The Wind
Officer Of The Watch
Offsets
Offshore
Offshore Wind
Oil Analysis
Oil Bag
Oil Clearance
Oilskin
Okoume
Okoume BS 1088 Plywood
Omnibus Clause
On Deck Cargo
On Soundings
One-design
OOD
Open
Operational
Ordinary Seaman
Ordnance Exercise
OSC
Out Of Commission
Out Of Trim
Outboard
Outboard Engine
Outbound/Inbound Vessel
Outdrive
Outdrive Bellows And Gimbal Bearing Replacement
Outdrive Identification Clues (MerCruiser)
Outdrive Shift System (MerCruiser)
Outdrive Water Pump Replacement (Alpha)
Outhaul
Outrigger
Over-all
Overall Breadth (Admeasure)
Overall Depth (Admeasure)
Overall Length (Admesaure)
Overboard
Overflow
Overhang
Overhaul
Overtaking
Oxidized Surface (On Steel)
Oxygen Deprivation
P
P & S
PA-system
Pad Eye
Painted Waterline
Painter
Palm And Needle
Pan Pan
Parallel
Parbuckling
Partial Loss
Partial Submersion
Particular Average (PA)
Particular Average Adjustment / PA Adjustment
Partner
Pass A Line
Pass A Stopper
Pass Down The Line
Passage
Passenger (Admeasure)
Passenger Vessel Safety Act Guidance (NVIC-7-94)
Pay
Pay Off
Paying
Payout
Peak
Pen Boards
Pendant
Pennant
Pennsylvania Rule
Perils Clause
Perils Of The Sea
Personal Floatation Device (PFD)
Personal Watercraft (PWC)
Phenolic Microballoons
Phonetic Alphabet
Pier
Pile
Pilferage
Piling
Pilot
Pilot Boat
Pilothouse
Piloting
Pin
Pinch
Pine, Longleaf Yellow
Pine, White
Pinkie
Pirogue
Pitch
Pitch (Propeller)
Pitch Pocket
Pitchpole
Pitting
Pitting Corrosion
Plait
Planing
Planing Hull
Plank
Plank Sheer
Planking
Planking Methods-wood
Play
Plimsoll Mark
Plot
Plow Anchor
Plug
Plywood As Boatbuilding Material
Plywood Scarf And Butt Joints
Point
Point Of Sail
Polarity Indicator
Polarization
Polluter
Pollution Liability
Pollution Prevention Arrangements And Equipment
Polyester Gelcoats
Polyester Products
Polyester Resins
Polyurethane Foams Fire Hazard (NVIC 8-80)
Poop Deck
Pooped
Port
Port Of Call
Port Of Refuge
Port Risk
Port Side
Port State Control (PSIX)
Port State Control (SOLAS-74)
Port Tack
Porthole
Pound
Pounds To Kilograms Conversion Table
Power Takeoff (PTO)
Powerhead
Pram
Pratique
Preference Cargo
Preservative
Preservative-Treated Plywood For Boatbuilding
Prevailing Winds
Preventer
Prick Post
Pricker
Prima Facie
Primary Insurance
Prime Meridian
Primer (Prime Coat)
Prismatic Coefficient
Privileged Vessel
Privity
Proceed (to)
Prolonged Blast
Prompt Notice
Prop
Propeller
Propeller Shaft
Proportionate Fault
Protection & Indemnity (P&I)
Prow
Proximate Cause
PSIX
PSIX (Port State Control)
Puff
Pulpit
Pulse-Drive System
Punitive Damages
Punt
Purchase
Put To Sea
PVC
Q
Q-Cells
Quarantine
Quarter
Quarter Knees
Quartering Sea
Quarters
Quarters Bill
Quartersawed Lumber
Quay
Queen Topsail
Quenching
R
Rabbet
Racing Rules Of Sailing (RRS)
Racking
Radar
Radio
Radio Beacon
Radio Direction Finder
Radio Equipment (SOLAS-74)
Raft
Rail
Rake
Ratline
Raw Water Cooled (RWC)
RCC
Re-Cooper / Re-Cooperage
Reach
Reaching
Ready About
Receiving Point
Recovery
Recrystallization
Red Label
Red Letter Clause
Redwood
Reef
Reefer
Reefing Lines
Reeve
Reference Line
Refloat (to)
Registered Breadth
Registered Breadth (Admeasure)
Registered Depth (Admeasure)
Registered Length
Registered Length (Admeasure)
Registry
Release
Relieving Tackle
Rendez-vous
Repatriation
Repeater
Rescue Team
Reserve Buoyancy
Resorcinol
Respondentia
Restricted Area
Retreat Signal
Reverse Curve
Rhumb Line
Rib
Ride
Ride Out
Riding Sail
Rig
Rig Move
Rigging
Right
Right-of-Way
Righting Moment
Rigid Inflatable
RINA
Ringbolt
Rips
Risk
Riveted Hull Insp & Rep (NVIC 7-01)
Roaring Forties
Rode
Roll
Roll Call
Roller Furling
Roller Reefing
Rope
Rope Cutter
Roplene
®
Repair
Row
Rowboat
Royal Mast
RPM
RS
Rub Rail, Rub Strake, Rub Guard, Rub Strip
Rub Rails
Rudder
Rudder Post
Rules Of Sailing (RRS)
Rum Line
Run
Run Aground
Run Down
Runner
Running
Running Backstay
Running Bowline
Running Lights
Running Rigging
Rust
Rustbucket
RWC
S
Sacrifice
Sacrificial Anode
Sacrificial Protection
Safe Speed
Safe Working Pressure
Safety Harness
Safety Load
Safety Management Code (ISM)
Sail
Sail Drive
Sail Shape
Sail Trim
Sail, Parts Of
Sailboat
Sailboat Rigs
Sailcloth
Sailing (humor)
Sailing Free
Sailing Racing Rules (RRS)
Sailing Rig
SALCON 89
Salvage
Salvage Award
Salvage Charge
Salvage Convention
Salvage Loss Adjustment
Salvage Value
Salvor
Sampson Post
Sand Bar
Sandwich Core
Sandwich Panels
SAR
Satellite Navigation
Scale
Scantling
Scarf (scarph)
Scene
School
Schooner
Scope
Screw
Screw And Nail - Gauge To Mm Conversion
Scud
Scull
Scupper
Scuttle
Scuttle Butt
Scuttle Butt Story
Scuttling
Sea
Sea Anchor
Sea Buoy
Sea Chest
Sea Cock
Sea Going
Sea Level
Sea Painter
Sea Ray Plant Code
Sea Room
Seagoing
Seakeeping
Seakindliness
Seaman
Seaman's Rights And Remedies
Seamanship
Search Pattern
Search Speed
Seaworthy
Second Deck (Admeasure)
Second Repeater
Secure
Secure For Sea
Securite
Segregation (of Goods)
Seize
Seizing
Semaphore
Set
Set The Course
Set Up Rigging
Settle
Settling Agent
Severe Tropical Cyclone
Sextant
Shackle
Shaft
Shaft Alley
Shaft Horsepower (SHP)
Shake
Shake Out
Shakedown Cruise
Shank
Shape A Course
Shark's Mouth
Sharpie
She
Shear Pin
Sheathing
Sheathing Of Existing Hulls, Wood
Sheave
Sheer
Sheer Clamp
Sheer Draft
Sheer Legs
Sheer Line
Sheer Molding
Sheer Plan
Sheer Plank
Sheer Pole
Sheer Rail
Sheer Ratline
Sheer Strake
Sheet
Sheet Bend
Shelf
Shell
Shelter Deck
Shift Colors
Shifting Cargo
Ship
Ship Anchors
Ship Chandler
Ship's Bells
Shipboard Helicopter Facilities (NVIC 9-81)
Shipbuilding And Repair (IACS)
Shipbuilding And Repair Standard (IACS)
Ships Time
Shipshape
Shipworm
Shoal
Shore
Shoreline
Short Stay
Shot
Shove Off
SHP
Shroud
Shroud Plate
Side Lights
Side Slipping
Sideslip
Siding
Sighting The Bottom
Signal Halyard
Signal Pennants
Silver Nitrate Test
Single Sideband (SSB)
Sink
Sinking
Sister
Sister Hooks
Sistership Clause
Skeg
Skids
Skiff
Skin
Skipper
Skylight
Slack
Slack Water
Slamming
Slide
Sling
Slings
Slip
Sloop
Slops
Slot
Slush
Small Craft Warnings
Smart
Smothering Lines
SNAME
Snap Hook
Snatch
Snatch Block
Snub
Snubber
Sny
SOLAS-74 Applicability
SOLAS-74 Fire Protection Requirements
SOLAS-74 Lifesaving Appliances
SOLAS-74 Navigational Hardware Requirements
SOLAS-74 Port State Control
SOLAS-74 Radio Equipment Regulations
Sole
Sound
Sounding
Southwester
Span
Spanner
Spars
Speed Conversions; Knots, MPH, KPH
Speed Of Advance
Speed-length Ratio
Spiling
Spill
Spill (to)
Spill Control Gear
Spinnaker
Spinnaker Halyard
Spinnaker Pole
Spinnaker Pole Lift
Spitfire
Splice
Spline
Split
Spoils
Sponson
Spontaneous Combustion
Sport Jet Engine (Mercury)
Spreader
Spring Line
Spruce, Eastern
Spruce, Engelmann
Spruce, Sitka
Squall
Square Feet To Square Meters Conversion Table
Square Knot
Square Rigged
Square Sail
Square-rigger
SR&CC Warranty (Strikes, Riots & Civil Commotions)
SS
SSB
SSO
Stability
Stability Sail
Stability Test Guidelines (NVIC 17-91)
Stack
Staff
Stain
Stainless Steel
Stall
Stanchion
Stand By
Stand Clear
Stand On (to)
Stand-on Vessel
Standard Compass
Standards For Backyard Boatbuilders
Standards Of Training, Watchkeeping And Cert.
Standing Orders
Standing Part
Standing Rigging
Starb'd
Starboard
Starboard Tack
Starter Motor Water Damage Inspection (MerCruiser)
Staterooms
Station
Station Bill
Statute Mile
Staunch
Stay
Stay Sail
Staysail
STCW 95
Steady
Stealer
Steel Hull Insp & Rep (NVIC 7-68)
Steerage Way
Steering Wheel
Stem
Stem The Tide
Step
Step
Stepped
Stern
Stern Anchor
Stern Board
Stern Frame
Stern Light
Stern Line
Stevedore
Stevedoring
Stiff
Stink Pot
Stitch-and-Glue Boatbuilding
Stock
Stopper
Stopwater
Storeroom
Stores
Storm
Storm Jib
Storm Sail
Storm Trysail
Storm Warning
Stow
Stowage
Stowaway
Strain Hardening
Strakes
Strand
Stranding
Strap
Stray Current Corrosion
Stress Corrosion
Stress Relieving
Stress-Corrosion Cracking (SCC)
Striation
Striking A Submerged Object (SSO)
Strip Planking
Strongback
Stud-Link Anchor Chain
Styrene
Subrogation
Subs Carrying Passengers Cert. Guides (NVIC 5-93)
Substitute
Substituted Expenses
Sue And Labor
Supercargo
Superstructure
Superstructure
Surf
Surface-Piercing Drives
Surfacing Wax
Surge
Survey
Swab
Swallow
Swamp
Sweat Damage
Swell
Swing Ship
Swinging Over
T
T - (Draft)
Table Of Offsets
Tabloid Cruiser
Tack
Tacking
Tackle
Taffrail
Taffrail Log
Tail
Tail Shaft
Take A Turn
Take In
Take Off (to)
Talc
Tanker
Target
Tarpaulin
Teak
Telltale
Tender
Tensile Fasteners (NVIC 3-68)
Terminal
TEU
TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit)
Theft
Theft Of Equipment
Thieves
Third Party
Third Repeater
Tholepins
Three Sheets To The Wind
Thwart
Thwartship
Thwartships
Tidal Current
Tides
Tiller
Toe Rail
Tonnage (Vessel)
Tonnage Computation Under 1969 Tonnage Convention
Tonnage Deck (Admeasure)
Tons Per Inch Immersion (TPI)
Top Heavy
Top-heavy
Topgallant
Topmast
Topping Lift
Topsail
Topsail Schooner
Topside
Topsides
Total Loss (TL)
Total Loss Only (TLO)
Tow
Tower's Liability
Towing Light
TPI
Track
Trade Wind
Trades
Trading Warranties
Traffic Lane
Trailing Edge
Tramp Steamer
Transit
Transit Speed
Transom
Transshipment (of Cargo)
Transverse
Traveler
Treating Isolated Decay, Wood
Treenail
Trice
Tricing Line
Trick
Trim
Trimaran
Trip
Trip Term Commercial Fishing Vessel (NVIC 12-91)
Tripline
Tripping Line
Tropical Cyclone
Truck
True North Pole
True Wind
Trysail
Tsunami
Tug Boat
Tugboat
Tumble Home
Tuning
Turn Turtle
Turn-buckle
Turnaround
Turnbuckle
Twist Lock
Two Blocked
Typhoon
U
Ullage
Umbrella
Unbend
Under Deck
Under Insurance
Undermanned
Undertow
Underwater Survey Guidance (NVIC 1-89)
Underway
Unfurl
Uniform Corrosion
Universal Time (UTC)
Unlit
Unseaworthiness
Unship
Unwatched
Up Anchor
Upper Deck (Admeasure)
Uppermost Complete Deck (Admeasure)
Upwind
Urethane Foam
US Navigation Rules
UTC
Utmost Good Faith (Uberrimae Fidei)
V
V - (Displacement Volume)
V-bottom
V-Drive
Vacuum Bagging
Valued Policy
Variable (of Winds)
Variation
Veer
Veering (of Winds)
Ventilator
Ventilator Cowl
Vessel
Vessel Designed For Sailing (Admeasure)
Vessel Movement
Vessel Stability
VHF
Voyage
VTS
VTS-area
W
W - (Displacement)
Waist
Wake
Wane
War Risks
Warp
Warranty
Waste
Watch
Watch Cap
Watch Officer
Water Temperature On Corrosion
Water's Edge
Water-logged
Waterjet
Waterline
Waterline Length
Watertight
Waterway
Way
Way Point
Ways
Wear And Tear
Weather Helm
Weather Indicator Pennants
Weather Side
Weathering
Weathertight
Webbing Solution
Weigh
Weights, Measures And Conversion Tables
Welt
West System
Wharf
Wharfage
Wharfinger
Wheel
Wheelhouse
Whipping
Whisker Pole
White Cap
Wicking
Wide Berth
Wide Open Throttle (WOT)
Widow-maker
Wildcat
Winch
Windjammer
Windlass
Windvane
Windward
Winterization Of Gas Engines (MerCruiser)
Wiper
Wire Rope Towing Hawsers Guidelines (NVIC 5-92)
Without Benefit Of Salvage
Without Prejudice
Wood Fasteners, Adhesive
Wood Fasteners, Mechanical
Wood For Boatbuilding
Wood Hull Design Considerations
Wood Hull Inspection Guidance (NVIC 7-95)
Wood Hull Plan Submittal
Wood Preservative
Wood Use/Characteristics
Working Sails
Working Sheet
Worm Shoe
WOT
Woven Roving
Wreck
Wrecking
X
Y
Yacht
Yankee
Yard
Yard Arm
Yardarm
Yarn
Yaw
Yawl
Yawl Boat
Yield
York-Antwerp Rules (Y.A. Rules)
Z
Z Drive (Azimuthing)
Z Nomograph Method For Calculating GM (NVIC 3-69)
Zamac
Zephyr
Zinc Pad
Zinc Saver
Zulu
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
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