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Boat

Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.

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footrope

Boat; General boating

Each yard on a square rigged sailing ship is equipped with a footrope for sailors to stand on while setting or stowing the sails

master

Boat; General boating

Either the commander of commercial vessel, or a senior officer of a naval sailing ship in charge of routine seamanship and navigation but not in command during combat.

jetsam

Boat; General boating

Debris ejected from a ship that sinks or washes ashore. See also flotsam.

flotsam

Boat; General boating

Debris or cargo that remains afloat after a shipwreck. See also jetsam.

beaching

Boat; General boating

Deliberately running a vessel aground, to load and unload (as with landing craft), or sometimes to prevent a damaged vessel sinking.

groggy

Boat; General boating

Drunk from having consumed a lot of grog.

overfalls

Boat; General boating

Dangerously steep and breaking seas due to opposing currents and wind in a shallow area, or strong currents over a shallow rocky bottom.

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