SHIPTALK: A GLOSSARY OF SHIPPING AND MARITIME TERMS

THWARTSHIPS – At right angles to the centerline of the boat.
TIDE – The periodic 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.

THWARTSHIPS – At right angles to the centerline of the boat.
TIDE – The periodic 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.
UNDERWAY – Vessel in motion, i.e., when not moored, at anchor, or aground.
V BOTTOM – A hull with the bottom section in the shape of a "V".
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.
YAW – To swing or steer off course, as when running with a quartering sea.