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all night in

Having no night watches.

Industry:Boat

heeling

Heeling is the lean caused by the wind's force on the sails of a sailing vessel.

Industry:Boat

saltie

Great Lakes term for a vessel that sails the oceans.

Industry:Boat

anchor detail

Group of men who handle ground tackle when the ship is anchoring or getting underway.

Industry:Boat

overhaul

Hauling the buntline ropes over the sails to prevent them from chaffing.

Industry:Boat

laker

Great Lakes slang for a vessel who spends all its time on the 5 Great Lakes.

Industry:Boat

self-unloader

Great Lakes slang term for a vessel with a conveyor or some other method of unloading the cargo without shoreside equipment.

Industry:Boat

oreboat

Great Lakes term for a vessel primarily used in the transport of iron ore.

Industry:Boat

seaman

Generic term for sailor, or (part of) a low naval rank

Industry:Boat

slush

Greasy substance obtained by boiling or scraping the fat from empty salted meat storage barrels, or the floating fat residue after boiling the crew's meal. In the Royal Navy the perquisite of the cook who could sell it or exchange it (usually for alcohol) with other members of the crew. Used for greasing parts of the running rigging of the ship and therefore valuable to the master and bosun.

Industry:Boat