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A Compass
Aback
Abaft
Abeam
Abreast
Accidental Jibe
Admeasure
Admiralty Law
Adrift
Aerodynamic
Aft, after
After Bow Spring Line
Agonic Line
Aground
Aid to Navigation
Alee
Aloft
Amas
Amidships
Anchor
Anchor Bell
Anchor Bend
Anchor Chain
Anchor Light
Anchor Locker
Anchor Rode
Anchor Roller
Anchor Watch
Anchor Windlass
Anchorage
Anemometer
Aneroid Barometer
Antifouling
Apparent Wind
Astern
At the Dip
Athwart, Athwartships
Atmospheric Pressure
Autopilot
Auxiliary
Aweigh
Backing (Wind)
Backsplice
Backstay
Backwinded
Bail
Ballast
Bar
Barge
Barograph
Barometer
Barometric Pressure
Batten
Batten Down
Batten Pockets
Batten the Hatches
Bay
Beam
Beam Reach
Bear Away, Bear Off
Bearing
Beat
Beating
Beaufort Wind Scale
Becket
Bedding Compound
Bend
Bend on
Berth
Bight
Bilge
Bilge Pump
Bimini
Binnacle
Binocular
Bitt
Bitter End
Block
Block and Tackle
Boarding Ladder
Boarding Wave
Boat
Boat Hook
Boatswain
Bollard
Bolt Rope
Boom
Boom Vang
Bosun
Bosun's Chair
Bosun's Locker
Bow
Bow & Beam Bearings
Bowditch
Bowline
Bowsprit
Brace
Braided Line
Breakers
Breaking Seas
Breakwater
Breast Line
Bridge
Brightwork
Bristol Fashion
Broach to
Broaching
Broad on the Beam
Broad Reach
Bulkhead
Buntline Hitch
Buoy
Burdened Vessel
Burgee
By the Lee
Cabin
Cam Cleat
Camber
Can Buoy
Canal
Canoe Stern
Canvas
Capsize
Capstan
Captain
Car
Carbon Fiber
Cardinal Points
Carlins
Carrick Bend
Cast Off
Catamaran
Catboat
Catenary
Caulking
Cavitate, Cavitation
Celestial Navigation
Celestial Sphere
Center Line
Centerboard
Certificate
Chafe
Chafing Gear
Chain
Chain Locker
Chainplates
Chandlery
Channel
Channel Marker
Chart
Chart Datum
Chart Table
Cheek Block
Chine
Chock
Chockablock
Chop
Chronometer
Classes
Cleat
Cleat Hitch
Clevis Pin
Clew
Close Hauled
Close Reach
Close Up
Close Winded
Clove Hitch
Club
Club Footed
Cng
Coaming
Coast
Coast Pilots
Coastal Navigation
Cock
Cockpit
Cockpit Sole
Code
Cold Front
Cold Molding
Collision Bulkhead
Colors
Colregs
Come About
Companionway
Compass
Compass Card
Compass Course
Compass Error
Compass Rose
Composite Construction
Compressed Natural Gas
Continent
Continental Shelf
Coordinated Universal Time
Cordage
Cotter Pin
Counter
Course
Courtesy Flag
Cove
Cowls
Cqr Anchor
Cradle
Crest
Crew
Cringle
Crossing Situation
Crosstrees
Cruising Guides
Cunningham
Current
Cutter
Cutwater
Dacron
Daggerboard
Danforth Anchor
Davit
Daybeacon, Daymark
Daysailer
Dayshape
Dead Ahead
Dead Astern
Dead Before
Dead Reckoning
Deadlight
Deadrise
Deck
Deck Stepped
Deckhead
Depth Sounder
Deviation
Dinghy, Dink
Dismast
Displacement
Displacement Hull
Displacement Speed
Distance Made Good
Distress Signals
Ditty Bag
Dive Flag
Dividers
Dock
Documentation
Dodger
Dolphin
Dorade Vent
Double-Braid
Double-Ender
Douse
Down Helm
Downhaul
Downwind
Draft
Drag
Dragging
Draw
Drawbridge
Drift
Ease
Ease the Sheets
East
East Wind, Easterly Wind
Ebb, Ebb Tide
Echo Sounder
Eddy
Electronic Navigation
Emergancy Tiller
Ensign
Epirb
Equator
Estimated Position
Eye of the Wind
Eye Splice
Fair
Fairlead
Fall Off
Fastening
Fathom
Fathometer
Fcc Rules
Feathering
Feet
Fend Off
Fender
Fetch
Fiberglass
Fid
Fiddle
Figure-Eight
Fin Keel
Finger Pier
Fisherman Anchor
Fix
Flake
Flame Arrester
Flare
Flashing
Flemish
Flinders Bar
Flood Tide
Flotsam
Fluke
Flush Deck
Flying Bridge
Folding
Following Sea
Foot
Fore
Fore and Aft
Fore and Aft Sail
Forecabin
Forecast
Forecastle
Foredeck
Foremast
Forepeak
Foresail
Forestay
Forestaysail
Foretriangle
Forward
Forward Quarter Spring Line
Foul
Founder
Fractional Rig
Freeboard
Freeing Port
Freestanding Mast
Fronts
Full and by
Full Keel
Fully Battened
Fully Stayed
Furl
Gaff
Gaff Rigged
Gaff Sail
Gale
Gale Force Winds
Galley
Gallows Frame
Gasket
Gennaker
Genoa
Geographic North
Geographic Position
Gimbals
Give Way Vessel
Global Positioning System
Globe
Gmt
Go About
Gps
Grab Rail
Granny Knot
Great Circle 
Great Circle Route
Green Buoy
Green Daymark
Green Water
Greenwich Mean Time
Grommet
Ground Swells
Ground Tackle
Gudgeon
Gunkholing
Gunnel, Gunwale
Guy
Gybe
Gypsy
Gyres
Hail
Half Hitch
Halyard
Hand
Hand Bearing Compass
Hand Lead
Hand Rail
Handsomely
Handy-Billy
Hanging Locker
Hank
Harbor
Harbormaster
Hard Over
Hard-a-Lee
Hard-Chined
Hatch
Haul
Haul Out
Hauling Part
Hawse Hole
Hawsepipes
Hawser
Hazard
Head
Head Seas
Head to Wind
Head Up
Heading
Headsail
Headstay
Headway
Heave
Heaving Line
Heaving to
Heavy Seas
Heavy Weather
Heel, Heeling
Heeling Error
Helm
Helm's Alee
Helmsman
Hemisphere
High
High Tide
Hiking
Hiking Stick
Hitch
Hoist
Holding Ground
Holding Tank
Homing
Horizon
Horizontal Angle
Horseshoe Buoy
Hull
Hull Speed
Hurricane
Hydrodynamic
Hydrofoil
Hydrography
Icw
In Irons
Inboard
Inboard Cruiser
Inch
Inches of Mercury
Inflatable
Inland
Inland Rules
Inlet
Intercoastal Waterway
International Code of Signals
Irons
Isobars
Isogonic Lines
Jack Line, Jack Stay
Jacobs Ladder
Jam Cleat
Jaws
Jenny
Jetty
Jib
Jib Netting
Jib Sheets
Jib Stay
Jib Topsail
Jibe
Jiffy Reefing
Jigger
Junction Buoy
Jury Rig
Kedging
Keel
Keel Stepped
Keelson
Ketch
King Plank
King Spoke
Knees
Knocked Down
Knot
Labor
Lacing
Laid Up
Land Breeze
Landlocked
Landmark
Lanyard
Lash
Lateral Resistance
Latitude
Launch
Lay
Lay Line
Lay Up
Lazarette
Lazy Guy
Lazy Jacks
Lazy Sheet
Lead Line
Leading Lights
Leading Marks
League
Lee
Lee Helm
Lee Shore
Leeboards
Leech
Leech Line
Leecloths
Leeward
Leeway
Licensed Pilot
Lie
Life Boat
Life Jacket
Life Preserver
Life Raft
Life Vest
Lifeline
Light
Light List
Lighthouse
Lightship
Lightweight Anchor
Limber Hole
Line
Linestoppers
Liquid Petroleum Gas
List
Loa
Lock
Locker
Log
Logbook
Long Splice
Longitude
Lookout
Loose Footed
Loran
Low
Low Tide
Lpg
Lubber Line
Luff
Luff Rope
Luffing
Lugs
Lull
Lwl
Lying Ahull
Lying to
Magnetic Bearing
Magnetic Course
Magnetic Deviation
Magnetic North
Magnetic Variation
Main Mast
Main Topsail
Mainsail
Mainsheet
Make Fast
Make Way
Marina
Mark
Marl
Marline
Marlinespike
Mast
Mast Boot
Mast Box
Mast Partners
Mast Step
Mast Track
Master
Masthead
Masthead Light
Mate
Mayday
Mean
Mean Low Water
Mean Lower Low Water
Measured Mile
Mediterranean Berth
Mercator
Meridian
Messenger
Meteorology
Midchannel Buoy
Midships
Mile
Millibar
Minute
Mizzen Mast
Mizzen Sail
Mizzen Staysail
Monkey Fist
Monohull
Moor
Mooring
Mooring Buoy
Mooring Line
Morse Code
Motor
Motor Sailer
Mount
Mouse
Multihull
Mushroom Anchor
Natural Gas
Nautical
Nautical Almanac
Nautical Mile
Navigable Water
Navigation
Navigation Lights
Navigation Rules
Navigational Aid
Navigator
Neap Tide
Noon Sight
North
North Pole
North Star
North Wind, Northerly Wind
Notices to Mariners
Nun Buoy
Oar
Oarlock
Observed Position
Occulting Lights
Ocean
Off the Wind
Offshore
Offshore Wind
On the Beam
On the Bow
On the Quarter
On the Wind
Open
Out of Trim
Outboard
Outboard Engine
Outhaul
Outrigger
Overall Length
Overboard
Overfall
Overhang
Override
Owner's Flag
Pad Eye
Paddle
Painted Waterline
Painter
Palm
Pan Pan
Parachute
Parachute Flare
Parallax Error
Parallel Rules
Parallels
Parcel
Parrot Beak
Partners
Passage
Patant Log
Pay Out
Pedestal
Pelorus
Pendant
Pennant
Personal Floatation Device
Pfd
Pier
Pile, Piling
Pilot
Piloting
Pinch
Pintle
Pitch
Pitch Poled
Planing
Planing Hull
Planing Speed
Planking
Plot
Plow Anchor
Plug
Point
Point of Sail
Polaris
Pole
Poop Deck
Pooped
Port
Port Tack
Porthole
Position Doubtful
Pound
Pram
Preferred Channel Buoy
Prevailing Winds
Preventer
Prime Meridian
Privileged Vessel
Prop
Propane
Propeller
Propeller Shaft
Protractor
Prow
Pulpit
Pump Out
Purchase
Pushpit
Quadrant
Quarantine Flag
Quarter
Quartering Sea
Quarters
Quay 
Quick Flashing Light
Radar
Radar Arch
Radar Reflector
Radio
Radio Beacon
Radio Bearing
Radio Direction Finder
Radiowaves
Raft
Rail
Rake
Range
Ratlines
Rdf
Reaching
Reciprocal
Red Buoy
Red Daymark
Reef
Reef Cringles
Reef Knot
Reef Points
Reefing Lines
Reeve
Regatta
Relative Bearing
Rhumb Line
Ride Out
Riding Light
Riding Sail
Rig
Rigging
Right
Rigid Inflatable
Roach
Roaring Fourties
Rode
Roll
Roller Furling
Roller Reefing
Rolling Hitch
Rope
Row
Rowboat
Rub Rail, Rub Strake, Rub Guard
Rudder
Rudder Post
Rules of the Road
Run Aground
Runners
Running
Running Backstay
Running Bowline
Running Fix
Running Lights
Running Rigging
Safe Overhead Clearance
Safety Harness
Safety Pin
Sail
Sail Shape
Sail Track
Sail Trim
Sailboat
Sailcloth
Sailing Directions
Sampson Post
Sand Bar
Satellite Navigation
Scale
Scend
Schooner
Scope
Scow
Screw
Scud
Scull
Scupper
Scuttle
Scuttlebutt
Sea
Sea Anchor
Sea Buoy
Sea Cock
Sea Kindly
Sea Level
Sea Room
Seagoing
Seamanship
Secondary Port
Sector
Sector Light
Secure
Securite
Seizing
Self Bailing
Self Draining
Self Steering Gear
Semaphore
Sentinel
Separation Zone
Serve
Set
Sextant
Shackle
Shake Out
Shakedown
Shank
She
Shear Pin
Sheathing
Sheave
Sheepshank
Sheer
Sheer Strake
Sheet
Sheet Bend
Ship
Shipshape
Shoal
Shore
Shoreline
Short Splice
Shove Off
Shroud
Side Lights
Sideslip
Sight Reduction Tables
Signal Halyard
Single Sideband
Sink
Sister Ship
Skeg
Skiff
Skin
Slack
Slack Water
Slide
Sling
Slip
Sloop
Slot
Small Stuff
Snap Hook
Snatch Block
Snub
Soft Eye
Sole
Sound
Sounding
South
South Pole
South Wind, Southerly Wind
Southern Cross
Spar
Spar Buoy
Spell
Spherical Buoy
Spider Band
Spill the Wind
Spindle Buoy
Spinnaker
Spinnaker Halyard
Spinnaker Pole
Spinnaker Pole Lift
Spitfire
Splice
Spreader
Spring
Spring Line
Spring Tide
Squall
Square Knot
Square Rigged
Square Sail
Ssb
Stability
Stability Sail
Stall
Stanchion
Stand on Vessel
Standard Port
Standing
Standing Rigging
Starboard
Starboard Tack
Stateroom
Statute Mile
Stay
Staysail
Steadying Sail
Steaming Light
Steep Seas
Steerage Way
Stem
Step
Stepped
Stern
Stern Light
Stern Line
Stern Pulpit
Sternway
Stiff
Stock
Stopper
Stopper Knot
Stores
Storm Jib
Storm Sail
Storm Trysail
Stow
Strakes
Strike
Strum Box
Stuffing Box
Superstructure
Surf
Survey
Surveyor
Swab
Swallow
Swamp
Swell
Swim Platform
Swing a Compass
Swinging Bridge
Swinging Circle, Swinging Room
Swivel
Tabernacle
Tachometer
Tack
Tacking
Tackle
Taffrail
Tail
Take in
Tall Buoy
Tang
Telltale
Tender
Tenon
Thimble
Throat
Through Hull
Thwart
Thwartships
Tidal Atlas
Tidal Current
Tidal Range
Tidal Stream
Tide
Tide Tables
Tiller
Tiller Extension
Time Zone
Toe Rail
Tonnage
Top Heavy
Top Mast
Topmark
Topping Lift
Topsail
Topsides
Tow
Towing Light
Track
Trade Wind
Trailing Edge
Transducer
Transit
Transom
Trapeze
Traveler
Triatic Stay
Tricolor Light
Trim
Trim Tab
Trimaran
Trip Line
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropics
Trough
Truck
True Course
True North
True Wind
Trunk
Trunnion Hoop
Trysail
Tugboat
Tune
Turn Turtle
Turnbuckle
Turning Circle
Turtle
Twine
Two Half Hitches
Typhoon
Under Bare Poles
Under the Lee
Under Way
Undertow
Unfurl
Upwind
Uscg
Vane
Vang
Variable Pitch
Variation
Vector
Veer
Velocity Made Good
Vertical Clearance
Very Quick Flashing
Vhf
Visual Bearing
Visual Fix
Vmg
Wake
Watch
Waterline
Waterline Length
Waterlogged
Waterway
Way
Weather Helm
Weigh
West
West Wind, Westerly Wind.
Wet Locker
Wetted Surface
Wharf
Wheel
Whip
Whisker Pole
Whistle Buoy
Wide Berth
Winch
Wind Scoop
Windage
Windlass
Windward
Wing and Wing
Working Sails
Working Sheet
X
Yacht
Yard
Yard Arm
Yaw
Yawl
Zenith
Zephyr
Zulu