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*Aboard

On or in a vessel. Synonymous with "on board."


*Adrift
1. Afloat and unattached in any way to the shore or seabed, but not under way.
*Aft
1. The portion of the vessel behind the middle area of the vessel
*Ahead
Forward of the bow
*Aground
Resting on or touching the ground or bottom (usually involuntarily)
*Alongside
By the side of a ship or pier
*Amidships
The middle section of a vessel with reference to the athwart ships plane, as distinguished from port or starboard ("Put
your rudder amidships
*Astern
1. Toward the stern (rear) of a vessel
*Ballast
Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a vessel to provide stability.
*Bank
A large area of elevated sea floor
*Barge
1. A towed or self-propelled flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river, canal, and coastal transport of heavy goods
*Beam
The width of a vessel at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the midpoint of its length
*Bilge
1. The space between the bottom hull planking and the ceiling of the hold.
*Board
1. To step onto, climb onto, or otherwise enter a vessel
*Bottom
1. The underside of a vessel; the portion of a vessel that is always underwater
*Bridge
A structure above the weather deck, extending the full width of the vessel, which houses a command center, itself called
by association, the bridge
*Bulkhead
An upright wall within the hull of a ship, particularly a watertight, load-bearing wall
*Bunker
A container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine
*Cabin
An enclosed room on a deck or flat
*Capsize
When a ship or boat lists too far and rolls over, exposing the keel.
*Dead ahead
Exactly ahead,
*Debunk
The process of removing fuel from a vessel
*Decks
The top of the boat; the surface is removed to accommodate the seating area
*Dock
1. In American usage, a fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port,
*Foul.
A ship′s bottom is foul when it is overgrown with marine life such as barnacles.
*Galley
1. Galley, the kitchen of a ship.
*Ground
The bed of the sea.
*Grounding
When a ship (while afloat) touches the bed of the sea
*Head
1. The forward most or uppermost portion of the ship.
Helm
A ship's steering mechanism
*Keel
The central structural basis of the hull.
*Jack
1. A sailor
*Knot
A unit of speed: 1 nautical mile (1.8520 km; 1.1508 mi) per hour.
*Mast
A vertical pole on a ship which supports sails or rigging.
*Master
1. The captain of a commercial vessel.
*Moor
3. To secure a vessel with a cable or anchor.
*Overboard
Off or outside a vessel
*Pitch
A vessel's motion, rotating about the beam/transverse axis, causing the fore and aft ends to rise and fall repetitively.
*Poop deck
A high deck on the aft superstructure of a ship.
*Port
The left side of the boat
*Reefer
1. A shipboard refrigerator.
*Roll
A vessel's motion rotating from side to side, about the fore-aft/longitudinal axis.
*Stem
1. The extension of keel at the forward end of a ship.
*Stern
The rear part of a ship
*Tail
The loose end of a rope that has been secured to a winch
*Underway
A vessel that is moving under control
*Vessel
Any craft designed for transportation on water
*Watch
A period of time during which a part of the crew is on duty
*Steering Wheel
The usual steering device on larger vessels
*Wing
An extension on the side of a vessel
*Yaw
A vessel's rotational motion about the vertical axis,

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