Anchor -- A device designed to bring up mud samples from the bottom.

Anchor light -- A small light designed to discharge the battery by morning.

Baggywrinkle -- The effect of sun and saltab spray on your face.

Beating to windward -- A method of flogging crew to incredse upwind performance when racing.

Bitter end -- The finish of a race when you are last over the line.

Boomkin -- A small, young boom, less than one year old.

Bottom paint -- What you get when the cockpit seats have just been painted.

Bow -- A gesture from the helmsman as he crosses the finish line first.

Chart -- A type of map which shows exactly where you are aground.

Clew -- An indication from the skipper as to what he might do next.

Companionway -- A double berth.

Deadrise -- Getting up to check the anchqr at 0300.

Dead reckoning -- A course leading directly to a reef.

Deviatior -- Any departure from the captain's orders.

Emergency mooring lines -- Old ropes too rtten to use reguarly but too good to throw away.

Estimated position -- A place you have marked on the chart where you are sure you are not.

Flying jib -- Any jib when the sheets have gone overboard.

Freeboard -- Food and liquor supplied by the owner.

Great Circle Route -- The ship's course when the rudder is jammed.

Hanging locker -- A small, enclosed space designed to keep foul weather gear wet and to turn all other clothing green.

Hatch -- A container on board in which to keep eggs.

Headway -- What you are making if you can get the toilet to work.

Heek - A command from the captain, usually ignored.

Heavingline -- A rope used to hold ontowhile being sick.

Knot meter -- An instrument for measuringe the the speed with which any ine will become tangled.

Landlubber -- Anyone on board who wishes he were not.

Latitude -- The number of degrees off course allowed a guest at the helm.

Life preserver -- A mildewed device for emergency use, stowed under the extra lines and anchors.

Lubber line -- Two or more guests waiting to get ashore.

Permanent mooring -- A sunken boat, anchored.

Port -- A fine wine, always stowed on the left side of the boat

Reef point -- The part of a rock sticking out of the water.

Rhumb line -- Two or more crew members waiting for a drink. Spelling is archaic.

Rope ladder -- A ladder designed to get you into the water but not back out.

Running free -- Cruising without using the engine.

Sextant -- A device for detecting the night-time activity of guests.

Shroud -- Equipment used in connection with the wake.

Spinnaker -- A large sail used in dead calms to keep the crew busy.

Spring line -- A rope purchased at the begin-ning of the season.

Square rigger -- A rigger over 30.

Swell -- A wave that's just great.

Tell-tale -- A crew member who lets the guests know that the skipper usually gets seasick.

Variation -- The change in menu effected when the labels have soaked off the canned goods.