The Bosunīs Mate Glossary of Terms
The Bosunīs Mate dictionary of Nautical Terms has been compiled from many sources and is constantly being augmented and revised in our attempt to capture as much of the rich yet complicated (and often conflicting) maritime termonology as possible.
You will find an extensive list of information about all sorts of nautical items from sailorīs knots to the sailors themselves, and from ships to the weather patterns of the seas they ply.
Random terms, by category
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
(41 terms)
SAR
Search And Rescue
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The things sailors do
(8 terms)
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Why say back when you can say aft instead!
(20 terms)
Windward
The direction into/towards the wind
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Common sayings and expressions from maritime lore
(149 terms)
Quartering Sea
When the wind, and thus the waves, are falling on a boatīs quarter.
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The foods of the sea
(2 terms)
Scurvy
A disease historically common to seaman, caused by lack of Vitamin C the British Navy started to fight it bu adding lime juice to their water - this was the origin of the slan "Limey"
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Various knots both functional and ornamental from the nautical to the ornamental and with both historic and present day value.
(12 terms)
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Bits and bobs from life aboard ship
(5 terms)
Q flag
All yellow signal flag meaning "My vessel is healthy and I request free passage.
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Specific sailing maneuvers
(33 terms)
Heel
1. To lean over to one side.
2. The Aft end of the Keel and lower part of the sternpost where they are connected. 3. The bottom of a Mast, Boom, or Bowsprit. The Hell is the part of a Mast that is fitted into the keelson in masts that are steeped through the Deck or a tabernacle on Deck in the case of masts designed to be raised and lowered at will. |
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The points of sail and seamanship
(76 terms)
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The parts of ships
(131 terms)
Cordage
A general term for ropes and/or lines
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Important people and/or their positions in nautical history
(14 terms)
ARTE
A team of members of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary - Pacific that work to help the various units around the coast with their training and also evaluate members at higher levels - to help ensure that everyone is meeting the same standards.
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Key locations of the maritime world
(20 terms)
Bosunīs Mate
1) The mate (assistant) to the Bosun
2) One of the worldīs foremost nautical web sites bosunsmate.org (you had to know we would do this) |
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Rigging components and terms
(104 terms)
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Sails, their parts and materials
(30 terms)
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Types of vessels and some famous examples
(22 terms)
Hermione HMS
Built at Bristol in 1797 this Ship of the British Royal Navy is famed for having the "the bloodiest mutiny that ever occured in a Ship of the Royal Navy"
Her Captain, Hugh Pigot was renouned as a tyrant, and was murdered along with 9 of his officers by the mutineers, who then sailed the Ship to Spain and handed her over to the Spainiards. She was re-captured in October 1799 by the boats of HMS Surprise under Captain Sir Edward Hamilton who cut her out from Porto Gabello. |
The various spars used aboard ship
(6 terms)
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The tools of the trade
(27 terms)
Lines
1. Rope used for various purposes Aboard Ship.
2. The design drawings of a vessel, normally consisting of three diagrams: the sheer plan: showing the longitudnal vertical section of the Ship; the body plan: showing the vertical cross sections; and the half-bredth plan: showing the longitudnal transverse section at the deckline. 3. A collective term referring to the design of the Ship "she has good lines" |
terms awaiting clasification
(36 terms)
none found |
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Meteorology and its relationship to sailing
(7 terms)
Quartering Sea
When the wind, and thus the waves, are falling on a boatīs quarter.
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