SHIPTALK: A GLOSSARY OF SHIPPING AND MARITIME TERMS

RODE – The anchor line and/or chain.
ROPE – In general, cordage as it is purchased at the store. When it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use it becomes line.
RUDDER – A vertical plate or board for steering a boat.
RUN – To allow a line to feed freely.
 RUNNING LIGHTS –  Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.

RODE – The anchor line and/or chain.
ROPE – In general, cordage as it is purchased at the store. When it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use it becomes line.
RUDDER – A vertical plate or board for steering a boat.
RUN – To allow a line to feed freely.
 RUNNING LIGHTS –  Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.
 THWARTSHIPS –  At right angles to the centerline of the boat.
 TIDE  – The pe riodic rise and fall of water level in the oceans.
TILLER – A bar or handle for turning a boat's rudder or an outboard motor.
TOPSIDES – The sides of a vessel between the waterline and the deck; sometimes referring to onto or above the deck.
TRANSOM – The stern cross-section of a square sterned boat.
TRIM – Fore and aft balance of a boat.
WAKE – Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind it, when moving across the waters.
WATERLINE – A line painted on a hull which shows the point to which a boat sinks when it is properly trimmed (see BOOT TOP).
WAY – Movement of a vessel through the water such as headway, sternway or leeway.
WINDWARD – Toward the direction from which the wind is coming.