Idioms
- abaft the port beam
between the port quarter - abbreviation
a shortened form of a word or phrase - able bodied seaman
experienced seafarer on the deck dept. - afternoon watch
1200 hrs – 1600 hrs - aid
help - alteration course
change direction - appear
emerge, float to the surface, arise, show up - apprentice officer
trainee officer (cadet) - appropriate
exact, precise, suitable - auxiliary engine, secondary motor
donkey engine, the engine to support the main engine - avoid
keep away from - bearing
the direction of an object from the - observer
relevance - before the starboard beam
between the starboard bow and starboard beam - boatswain
the head of the ratings, bosun - celestial bodies
heavenly objects - characteristic
typical - chart (map, diagram)
a nautically specialized map showing currents, depths, island, coast, etc - chart dividers
a navigational tool used to measure distances, length of lines. - Chronometer (timer, clock)
an accurate clock that is used for navigation to determine time - clearing a danger
clear away from jeopardy - cocked hat
triangle from two bearing lines and check line - conning officer
officer in charge on the bridge who steers a vessel, OOW - consideration
thinking carefully, review - conspicuous object
is an object on land or at sea that is mentioned and described in the pilot book, clearly visible target - contrary to
different to, opposite - controlling depth (adjusting draft)
the least depth in the navigable parts of waterway, governing the maximum draft of vessel that can enter - course
route, track, direction, the direction in which a vessel is steered - course over ground
actual direction of progress of a vessel - cross bearings
intersect line - current (stream)
movement of water, due to tides - data (information)
facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis - dead reckoning (estimation ship’s position)
determining a position by plotting courses and speeds from a known position (ship’s position prediction) - decrease
reduce, make or become smaller or fewer size - deduce
conclusion
conclude - deep draft vessel
constrained by the draft - degrees (grades)
a distance of measurement on a nautical chart, angle mark by degrees - delete
erase - departure (release)
action of leaving
start a journey - describe
to mention, to explain - destination
port of call - detect
identify - determine
firmly decide - dimension
size
measurement - direction
a course along which something moves - disaster
natural catastrophe - Distress =>A person or a ship is in grave & imminent
danger & requires immediate assistance - dog watch
evening watch divided into two periods between 16:00 and 20:00 - dragging anchor
an anchor moving over the sea be drawn out - draft
The vertical distance between ship’s keel and the surface of the water line - dredging
deepening of the canal or area of the water - dredging anchor
vessel moving with anchor moving along the sea bottom - due to
because of - ensure
make certain that something will occur - execute
course of action - experience
skilled - express
exhibit
display - external
outside
beyond - first watch
2000 hrs – 2400 hrs - fore and aft line
mooring ropes - forenoon watch
0800 hrs – 1200 hrs - general purpose officer
muti purpose officer - heading
the actual course of the vessel at any
given time - helm order
direction the vessel must be steered - helmsman
quarter master - imminent
close to, near to - imply
signify or mean - increase
to become greater - influence
a power affecting a person, thing, or
course of events - insufficient
inadequate - integrated
to join with something else - interfere
take over, hinder - internal
coming or acting from within - intersection
junction - latitude
distance measured in degrees, north or south from the equator which is 0 - latter
further - local knowledge
limited information - longitude
distance in degrees, east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, which is 0 - longitudinal
along the length of the boat or ship - maintenance
keeping something in good condition.
Care and repair of existing machinery - man-at-the-wheel
quarter master - marine accident
disaster at sea, marine casualty, - master
captain - mate
officer / an assistant to the captain - mention
note
refer - merchant vessel
commercial ship - middle watch
0000 hrs – 0400 hrs - mishaps
accident - negligence
carelessness, - obsolete
old, outdate, unfashionable, outmoded
behind the times - obtain
acquire, gain, receive - ordinary seaman
deckhand, inexperience seafarer - overhaul
repair, recondition - pilotage (1)
sailing - pilotage (2)
piloting - pilotage (3)
navigation - position fix
determining location/position - proceed
continue, move, move forward - propulsion =>thrust, driving force
- protruding obstacle
prominent obstruction
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