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Nautical
of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics
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sheer plan
Transportation; Nautical
in shipbuilding, a diagram showing an elevation of the ship's sheer viewed from the broadside.
shift tides
Transportation; Nautical
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 ...
ship
Transportation; Nautical
strictly, a three-masted vessel square-rigged on all three masts, or on three masts of a vessel with more than three. Hence a ship-rigged barque would be a four master, square-rigged on fore, main ...
ship's bell
Transportation; Nautical
striking the ship's bell is the traditional method of marking time and regulating the crew's watches.
shoal draught
Transportation; Nautical
shallow draught, making the vessel capable of sailing in unusually shallow water.
short stay
Transportation; Nautical
a description for the relative slackness of an anchor chain; this term means somewhat slack, but not vertical nor fully extended.
