A certificate issued by a classification society surveyor to allow a vessel proceed after she has met with a mishap that may have affected its seaworthiness. It is frequently issued to enable a vessel to proceed, after temporary repairs have been affected, to another port where permanent repairs are then carried out. … [Read more...]

The sufficiency of a vessel in materials constructions, equipment, crew and outfit for the trade in which it is employed. Any sort of disrepair to the vessel by which the cargo may suffer; overloading; untrained officers; may constitute a vessel unseaworthy. … [Read more...]

A series of trials conducted by the builders during which the owner’s representatives on board act in a consulting and checking capacity to determine if the vessel has met the specifications. … [Read more...]

A seaman who is prone to argue, especially against recognized authority. … [Read more...]

Capable of going to sea. … [Read more...]

An old sailor. … [Read more...]

A sailor's trunk; the intake between the ship's side and a sea valve. … [Read more...]

A drag (drogue) thrown over to keep a vessel to the wind and sea. … [Read more...]

Square openings cut through the decks, much less than the hatchways, for the purpose on handing small things up from deck to deck. There are also scuttles cut through the sides of the ship, some for the admission of air and light into the cabins between decks, and some between the ports, through which the sweeps are used, to row the ship along in calms, and one is cut in each port-lid of two-deck ships to admit air and light between decks. … [Read more...]

Any opening or tube leading through the ship’s side to carry water away from the deck. … [Read more...]