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Slack off quickly and run slack to a belaying point. This order is given when a line or wire has been stopped off or falls have been four-in-hand and the hauling part is to be belayed.
Industry:Boat
Sighting the positions of the sun and moon using a sextant and using a nautical almanac to determine the location and phase of the moon and calculating the relative effect of the tides on the navigation of the ship.
Industry:Boat
Short rope used to bind a cable to the "messenger" (a moving line propelled by the capstan) so that the cable is dragged along too (used where the cable is too large to be wrapped round the capstan itself). During the raising of an anchor the nippers were attached and detached from the (endless) messenger by the ship's boys. Hence the term for small boys: 'nippers'.
Industry:Boat
Shallow draught, making the vessel capable of sailing in unusually shallow water.
Industry:Boat
Shipping corridors marked by buoys which separate incoming from outgoing vessels. Improperly called Sea Lanes.
Industry:Boat
Short movable bars of iron or hard wood to which running rigging may be secured, or belayed.
Industry:Boat
Senior naval officer of Flag rank. In ascending order of seniority, Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, Admiral and Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy). Derivation Arabic, from Amir al-Bahr ("Ruler of the sea").
Industry:Boat
Serving a watch on the weather side of the ship, exposed to wind and spray.
Industry:Boat
