Tag: Maritime Terms

Keel: The timber or bar forming the backbone of the vessel and running from the stem to the stempost at ...

Hemp: Rope made of the fibers of the hemp plant and used for small stuff or less than 24 thread ...

G.I.: Anything of Government Issue. Gantline: A line rove through a single block secured aloft. Garboard strake: The strake next ...

Fake: A single turn of rope when a rope is coiled down. Fake down: To fake line back and forth ...

Davit: A curved metal spar for handling a boat or other heavy objects. Dead ahead: Directly ahead on the extension ...

Cabin: The captain's quarters. The enclosed space of decked-over small boat. Cable-laid: The same as hawser-laid. Cable-length: 100 fathoms or ...

Bail: To throw water out of a boat; a yoke, as a ladder bail (rung). Ballast tanks: Double bottoms for ...

Abaft the beam: Said of the bearing of an object which bears between the beam and the stern (further back ...

ULCC - Ultra Large Crude Carriers larger than 300,000DWT. UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade & Development. UNSEAWORTHINESS - ...

TAIL SHAFT - The extreme section at the aft end of a ship's propeller shaft. TANK-BARGE - A river barge ...