boat parade {aquacade}.
boat group {flotilla}.
Winds {head wind} can blow from front.
boat docks {marina}.
commercial shipping {merchant marine}.
boat races {regatta}.
habituated to rolling sea {sea legs}.
sail across wind {beat, sailing}.
sail as much upwind as possible {close-haul}.
flap sail {luff}.
carry boats and supplies between two rivers {portage}.
measuring distance to bottom {sounding}.
sail upwind by sailing left and right at 45-degree angle {tack}.
rear {aft}.
middle {amidships}.
front {fore}.
left side {larboard}.
right side {starboard}.
bow large main beam {stem, boat}.
rear {stern, boat}.
maximum width {beam, boat}.
Hull lines {Plimsoll line} can show maximum allowed load.
Ships can carry maximum mass {tonnage}|.
look-out period {watch}.
hull water level {waterline}.
diving bell {bathyscaph}.
ship wastewater {bilge}.
anchored float {buoy}.
A rectangular board {centerboard} can go up or down at center of small sailboats, to act as a keel.
Curved arms {davit} on ship sides can raise and lower boats.
U's {oarlock} can hold oar handles.
Telephones {hydrophone} can be for under water.
An extendable tube {periscope} can have lenses and mirrors or prisms, to see above water from submarines.
Wood or metal {ribband} can hold ship ribs during planking or plating.
non-permanent equipment {running gear}.
large vertical net {seine, net}.
Weights {ballast} can be at ship bottoms for balance.
movable ballast {stabilizer}.
small three-hook anchor {grapnel}.
Large claws {grapple} {grappling hook} {grappling iron} can go over rails of adjacent ships.
front {bow, boat}.
Watertight walls {bulkhead} can be between ship compartments.
lookout seat near main-mast top {catbird seat}.
Ship stairs {companionway} can go from deck to cabins.
An armored raised command room {conning tower} can be under bridge.
Lookouts {crow's nest} can be near main-mast tops.
kitchen {galley}.
Walkways {gangplank} can go from ship to dock.
side top {gunwale} {gunnel}.
Openings {hatch} can go from deck to below.
third mast {mizzenmast}.
A gun-platform part {sponson} can project over side, for more firing angles.
ship or train compartment {stateroom}.
above topmast and below royal mast {topgallant}.
anchor or dock {mooring}.
Sea anchors {drogue}| can measure currents at different depths.
Canvas {sea anchor} over conical frame can act as a drag to reduce drift.
large emergency anchor {sheet anchor}.
upper deck {hurricane deck}.
aft deck {poop deck}.
upper-deck rear {quarterdeck}.
Large main beam {keel, boat} can attach to hull.
Wood timber {keelson} can bolt to keel.
A wood timber {stemson} can bolt to stem and keelson, where they meet near bow.
Wire {backstay} can go from mast top to stern.
towing or mooring rope {hawser}.
Rope {lifeline} can go to drowning person.
Horizontal ropes {ratline} can allow climbing to sails.
mast and sail ropes and tackle {rigging}.
four-sided sail {fore-and-aft sail}, like diamond.
four-sided sail {gaff, sail}.
sail {lateen}.
nylon sail fabric {sailcloth}.
sail {sheet}.
Four-sided sails {spanker} can be on aft-most lower mast.
Square sails {square rig} can be set horizontally.
Wood or metal poles {spar} can hold sails.
Spars {bowsprit} can point forward from bow.
Diagonal spars {sprit} can be from peak across four-sided fore-and-aft sail.
Long poles {yard, mast} can be across mast.
yard end {yardarm}.
large commercial ship or fleet {argosy}.
Noah's ship {ark}.
flat-bottom freighter {barge}.
Small boats {cutter} can carry supplies or passengers to ships, or war motorboats.
Boats {dory} can have flat bottoms and high sides.
Boats {hydrofoil} can have wing underneath.
Ships {icebreaker} can have reinforced bows.
motorboat {launch}.
Barges {lighter} can carry cargo from ship outside harbor to shore.
Ships {lightship} can be lighthouses.
passenger ship {liner}.
commercial ship {merchantman}.
Boats {outrigger} can have board parallel to hull.
passenger and cargo ship {packet, boat}.
Asian flat-bottom boat {sampan}.
rectangular flat-bottom boat {scow}.
Ships {side-wheeler} can have paddle wheels on side.
flat-bottom boat {skiff}.
Ships {stern-wheeler} can have paddle wheel at rear.
Ships {tender} can carry supplies and people to larger ships.
old boat {tub, boat}.
boat or ship {vessel, ship}.
Sailboats or motorboats {yacht} can be for pleasure cruising.
rowboat {dinghy}.
Canoes {dugout} can be logs.
Boats {gondola} can move and steer by poles.
Boats {kayak, boat} can be for one person to paddle.
large canoe {longboat}.
Rectangular boats {punt, boat} can have flat bottoms and move and steer by pole.
Long thin boats {shell, rowing} {rowing shell} can be for rowing contests.
Ships {bark} can have three to five masts and square sails.
Ships {brigantine} can have fore and aft masts and square sails.
small Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship {caravel} [1400 to 1600].
Platform with sail can connect two narrow hulls {catamaran}.
catamaran {catboat}.
Ships {clipper} can have three tall sails and narrow hull.
Asian long, flat-bottom sailboats {dhow} can have lateen rigging.
Large ships {galleon} can have three masts and square sails [1400 to 1600].
Ships {junk, ship} {junket, boat} can have flat bottoms, two or three masts, and triangular sails.
Ships {ketch} can have taller mast fore and smaller mast aft and square sails.
Ships {schooner} can have fore mast smaller than aft mast and triangular sails.
Boats {sloop} can have one mast and two triangular sails.
sailing ship {windjammer}.
Ships {xebec} can have three masts and square and triangular sails.
Ships {yawl} can have tall fore mast and short aft mast, or small boat.
largest ship besides aircraft carrier {battleship}.
fast ship used by pirates {corsair}.
War ships {corvette} can have three masts and square sails and be smaller and faster than frigates.
war ship smaller than frigate {cruiser}.
war ship larger than frigate {destroyer}.
battleship {dreadnought}.
main fleet ship {flagship}.
War ships {frigate} can have three masts and square sails [1600 to 1900]. War ships can be larger than cruisers and smaller than destroyers.
war ship {man-of-war}.
mine locating and removing ship {minesweeper}.
small battleship {pocket battleship}.
Ships {submarine} can travel completely underwater.
Ships {trireme} can have three rows of oars.
World War II German submarine {U-boat}.
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