Amidships: condition of being surrounded by boats.
Anchor: a device designed to bring up mud samples from the bottom at inopportune or unexpected times.
Anchor Light: a small light used to discharge the battery before daylight
Bare Boat: Clothing Optional.
Berth: a little addition to the crew.
Berth: a little addition to the crew.
Boat ownership:Standing fully-clothed under a cold shower, tearing up 100-dollar bills
Boom: sometimes the result of a surprise jibe
Boom: sometimes the result of a surprise jibe
Bottom Paint: what you get when the cockpit seats are freshly painted
Chart: a type of map which tells you exactly where you are aground.
Clew: an indication from the skipper as to what he might do next
Course: The direction in which a skipper wishes to steer his boat and from which the wind is blowing. Also, the language that results by not being able to.
Cruising: Fixing your boat in exotic locations.
Crew: Heavy, stationary objects used on shipboard to hold down charts, anchor cushions in place and dampen sudden movements of the boom.
Current: Tidal flow that carries a boat away from its desire destination, or towards a hazard.
Dead Reckoning: a course leading directly to a reef.
Deviation: any departure from the Captain’s orders.
Dinghy: the sound of the ship’s bell.
Displacement: when you dock your boat and can’t find it later.
Estimated Position: a place you have marked on the chart where you are sure you are not.
First Mate: crew member necessary for skippers to practice shouting instructions to.
Flashlight : Tubular metal container used on shipboard for storing dead batteries prior to their disposal.
Freeboard: food and liquor supplied by the owner.
Gybe: A common way to get unruly guests off your boat.
Headway: what you are making if you can’t get the toilet to work.
Head up - Leaving the boat toilet seat up. When boat skipper is female, leaving the head up is a serious offense.
Jack Lines: `Hey baby, want to go sailing?'
Jibe: either you like it or you don’t and it gets you.
Keel: term used by 1st mate after too much heel by skipper.
Ketch: A sailboat with good wine in the cabin.
Landlubber: anyone on board who wishes he were not.
Latitude: the number of degrees off course allowed a guest.
Mast: religious ritual used before setting sail.
Mizzen: an object you can’t find.
Sailing: The fine art of getting wet and becoming ill, while going nowhere slowly at great expense.
Schooner: A sailboat with a fully stocked liquor cabinet in the cabin.
Sheet: cool, damp, salty night covering
Shroud: equipment used in connection with a wake.
Starboard : special board used by skippers for navigation (usually with "Port" on the opposite side.)
Swell : a wave that’s just great.
Square Rigger: a rigger over 30
Sloop: A sailboat with beer and/or wine in the cabin.
Tack: A maneuver the skipper uses when telling the crew what they did wrong without getting them mad.
Chart: a type of map which tells you exactly where you are aground.
Clew: an indication from the skipper as to what he might do next
Course: The direction in which a skipper wishes to steer his boat and from which the wind is blowing. Also, the language that results by not being able to.
Cruising: Fixing your boat in exotic locations.
Crew: Heavy, stationary objects used on shipboard to hold down charts, anchor cushions in place and dampen sudden movements of the boom.
Current: Tidal flow that carries a boat away from its desire destination, or towards a hazard.
Dead Reckoning: a course leading directly to a reef.
Deviation: any departure from the Captain’s orders.
Dinghy: the sound of the ship’s bell.
Displacement: when you dock your boat and can’t find it later.
Estimated Position: a place you have marked on the chart where you are sure you are not.
First Mate: crew member necessary for skippers to practice shouting instructions to.
Flashlight : Tubular metal container used on shipboard for storing dead batteries prior to their disposal.
Freeboard: food and liquor supplied by the owner.
Gybe: A common way to get unruly guests off your boat.
Headway: what you are making if you can’t get the toilet to work.
Head up - Leaving the boat toilet seat up. When boat skipper is female, leaving the head up is a serious offense.
Jack Lines: `Hey baby, want to go sailing?'
Jibe: either you like it or you don’t and it gets you.
Keel: term used by 1st mate after too much heel by skipper.
Ketch: A sailboat with good wine in the cabin.
Landlubber: anyone on board who wishes he were not.
Latitude: the number of degrees off course allowed a guest.
Mast: religious ritual used before setting sail.
Mizzen: an object you can’t find.
Sailing: The fine art of getting wet and becoming ill, while going nowhere slowly at great expense.
Schooner: A sailboat with a fully stocked liquor cabinet in the cabin.
Sheet: cool, damp, salty night covering
Shroud: equipment used in connection with a wake.
Starboard : special board used by skippers for navigation (usually with "Port" on the opposite side.)
Swell : a wave that’s just great.
Square Rigger: a rigger over 30
Sloop: A sailboat with beer and/or wine in the cabin.
Tack: A maneuver the skipper uses when telling the crew what they did wrong without getting them mad.
