Our Comprehensive Guide to Nautical Vocabulary

The Ultimate Glossary of Maritime Terms

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A

Anchoring Scope Azimuth Thruster AIS AI Polar Anchor Rode Air Temp Maps America's Cup Anchor Chain Anchor Anchor Windlass Aft Deck Aft Anode See complete list of A terms

B

Beam Bow Roller Boat Stabilizers Bilge Bow Sprit Bimini Top Bilge Pump Boat Cover Bow Bow Thruster Bridge Bulkhead See complete list of B terms

C

Chainstopper Cleat Capstan Chock Chainwheel Currents Maps Cargo Clear sky Chartplotter Calm sea Capsize Catamaran Chance of showers Combination Carrier Cruising Yacht Cable Run See complete list of C terms

D

Danforth Anchor Dry Bulk Displacement Draft Departure Planning Dry Weight Dinghy Racing Driving Displacement Dredging Draught Deadweight Anchor See complete list of D terms

E

Electric Windlass East See complete list of E terms

F

Forecast Tables Forecast Model Fluke Fuel Consumption Fender Fishfinder Float Switch Forepeak Foredeck Fog Forecast Accuracy Forecast Graphs Full Moon Fahrenheit Freeboard Forecast Confidence See complete list of F terms

G

Gyro Stabilizer Grapnel Anchor GFS Ground Tackle GPS GPS Tracking GMDSS Graphical Forecasts Gunwhale GMDSS Galley Gearleg Gust GMDSS maps Gust Maps Gas Carrier See complete list of G terms

H

Horizontal Windlass Head Horn High Speed Holding Tank hPa Heading Helm Hull HRRR Humidity Hull Draught Hydraulic Windlass See complete list of H terms

I

Illumination Interceptors See complete list of I terms

J

See complete list of J terms

K

Knots Kilometers Per Hour Kayaking Keelboat Racing Kelvin Count kts Kiting Keel kph Kedge Anchor See complete list of K terms

L

LED Lightning Life Jacket Lumen Light and variable LNG Carrier Longitude Latitude Length water line Land Avoidance Livestock See complete list of L terms

M

Marine Radio Meters Per Second Mushroom Anchor Manual Windlass Map Millibar Mercator Mostly fine Mooring Buoy Medical Transport Motoring Millimetres Per Hour MAE Wind Speed MAE Wind Direction Magnetic Multihull Racing See complete list of M terms

N

Navigation Lights North New Moon Nautical Miles Northwest Northeast See complete list of N terms

O

Ocean Current Offshore See complete list of O terms

P

Pantograph Wiper Power Planning Powerboat Partly cloudy Port Tender Pressure Planing Port Side Pilot Pendulum Wiper Polar Port Waypoint Power Routing Primary Swell Period See complete list of P terms

Q

See complete list of Q terms

R

Rope Radar Running Lights Rudder Running Surface Rain Reefer Rainfall Rain Radar Roll See complete list of R terms

S

Swivel Scope Sail Polar Settee Shore Power Search And Rescue Shackles Stern Thruster Southeast South Stern Salon Southwest Starboard Side Satellite Stabilizer Fin See complete list of S terms

T

Tiller Topworks True Wind Angle Table Pedestal Towing Trim Tabs Tertiary Swell Tanker Topsides Transom True Wind Speed Tidal Current Tug Temperature True Wind Direction See complete list of T terms

U

UV Index Upwind See complete list of U terms

V

Vertical Windlass VHF Radio Vector Fin See complete list of V terms

W

Waterline Wave Period Wind Speed Windsurfing Wiper Motor Waning Gibbous Windlass Windlass Chain West Wire Gauge Wake Wind Observations Wind against Current Waning Crescent Wind Wave Wiper Arm See complete list of W terms

X

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Y

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Z

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