Nautical terms

24 hour clock

abaft

abeam

aboard

adrift

aft

ahead

Aid to navigation

All hands

aloft

amidships

ashore

aye-aye

batten down

bear

bearing, relative

bearing, true

belay

below

berthing

boat hook

bow or stem

bridge/pilot house

brow

bulkhead

bunk/rack/sack

buoy

carry on

chart

chip

chow

cleat

coil

colors

compass/compass rose

conn

course

current

Davy Jones

dead ahead/astern

deck

dock

dog

double up

draft

ease

fantail

fender

field day

flag staff

forcastle/foc’sle

fore and aft

fore or foreward

fouled

galley

gangway

gear

gunwale - gunnel

hatch

head

heading

helm

helmsman/person

holiday

hull

inboard/outboard

jack staff

King Neptune

knots (speed)

ladder

leeward

line

List

log

look alive

main deck

make a hole

man

mast

midship

nautical mile

navigation

overboard

party

pier

Plan of the Day POD

port

port bow

port quarter

quarterdeck

range

relieve/relief

reveille

rudder

running lights

screw

seamanship

seaworthy

secure

skipper

slack

sounding

square away

stack

starboard

starboard bow

starboard quarter

stern

stow

swab

topside

underway

wake

waterline

weatherdeck

windward

working party