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Nautical Boat Terms
Nautical Slang
in Common Usage
Weather
Miscellaneous
100
Upon leaving a harbor on the way out to sea, this color channel marker will be on your starboard side otherwise you will run aground.
What is green
100
This is the common term for a toilet on a boat.
What is the Head.
100
This term refers to rumors about somebody's activities; often of an intimate and scandalous nature.
What is "Scuttlebutt"
100
This type of weather usually follows a halo around the moon.
What is Rain
100
The medical condition that results when one remains in water for an extended period of time and suffers a loss of body heat which can result in death.
What is Hypothermia
200
The inner circle of a Compass Rose on a coastal chart shows ______ North.
What is Magnetic
200
This is the common term for the kitchen on a boat.
What is the Galley.
200
This saying refers to a helpless, weak or awkward position; unable to act
What is "over a barrel"
200
This instrument measures atmospheric pressure
What is a Barometer
200
The French term mal de mer refers to this medical condition which .
What is Sea Sickness
300
Red channel markers are ________ numbered.
What is even.
300
The proper term for the place where the anchor chain is stored.
What is the chain locker
300
To refuse to see or recognize something.
What is "to turn a blind eye"
300
Wind speed is measured with this instrument.
What is an Anemometer
300
Mariners refer to one who prefers the land to the sea as a _________.
What is a Landlubber
400
Red lights for night navigation are on this side of the boat.
What is port
400
The term used to describe the nautical equivalent of a floor on a vessel.
What is the Deck
400
This term refers to a state of drunkenness or intoxication.
What is "three sheets to the wind"
400
At sea level, water freezes at this temperature.
What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit
400
A fathom equals this many feet.
What is 6 feet
500
This instrument is used for measuring angles and is considered a mainstay for celestial navigation.
What is a sextant.
500
The varnished wood on a vessel is referred to as this.
What is Brightwork
500
This saying refers to a straight line, the shortest route between two points.
What is "as the crow flies"
500
This old salt's saying "Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor take __________.
What is Warning
500
This ocean current brings warm waters from the Carribean Sea along the US eastern seaboard before veering across the Atlantic Ocean to Northern Europe
What is the Gulf Stream
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