The Picture Book of Ships |
Common terms and phrases
bark BARKENTINE BEACH blow boom bowsprit breeze bridge brigantine bugeye built cabin canoes canvas carries catboat clipper clumsy COMMUTER craft cruise CRUISER CUTTER deck dipping lug dugouts engines fast floating Fore fore-and-aft sails foremast fores'l forward full-rigged ship funnel GAFF RIGGED handiest handle HARBOR HAVEN HERMAPHRODITE BRIG huge hull ISLAND jigger ketch knockabout lakes LATEEN LEARN TO SAIL liners logs luggers lugsails Main mainmast mains'l MANHASSET MARCONI MATTITUCK Mizzen mizzenmast motor boat MOTOR SHIP NECK oars ocean outboard motor paddle passengers PECONIC BAY pirates POND port pushed race rafts REEF rowboat RUNABOUT sail set sailor seas SET OF MAST SHOAL shoved skipper sloop spanker speed SPRIT square rigged square sails standing lug stays'ls steam steamers stern sturdy and seaworthy TANKER three masts To-day TOPS'L SCHOONER TRAMP trim twig WADING RIVER WATCH HILL WHALEBACK wheel wind yawl