• 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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