DICTIONARY OF

Rudder Pendants 287 Running Agreement
Rudder Pendants. Lengths of rope or wire measured and fitted so that rudder chains can be
connected to tackles in an emergency.
Rudder Port. Casing, above helm port, through which rudder stock enters ship.
Rudder Post. Name sometimes given to stern post when rudder is attached to it.
Rudder Stock. Vertical member of rudder, to which rudder blade is attached.
Rudder Stops. Projections on rudder, and, or, rudder post that prevent rudder being angled
more than 38° (about).
Rudder Tackles. Tackles used for controlling rudder or tiller. Are connected to rudder
chains, and used when steering connections to wheel break down.
Rudder Trunk. Casing extending from helm port to the deck on which the tiller or quadrant
is situated.
Rule of the Road. Seaman's usual name for the 'Regulations for Preventing Collision at
Sea'.
Rumb. Old form of 'Rhumb'.
Rumbo, Rumbowline. Outside yarns of old rope laid up again for use as lashings, and other
purposes not demanding much strength.
Rummage. Originally meant 'to stow cargo'. Now means 'to search a ship carefully and
thoroughly'.
Rummager. Originally, 'one who stowed cargo'. Now, one who searches a vessel for
undeclared goods and articles.
Run. Voyage between two ports, especially when regular. 2. Distance sailed between two
observations, or epochs. 3. After part of ship's underwater body where it rises and sweeps
towards stern post. 4. To sail with wind astern—or nearly so.
Rundle. Drum of a capstan. 2. Round rung of a rope ladder.
Run Down. To collide with a vessel that is directly ahead. 2. To run north or south into a
desired latitude; to run east or west into a desired longitude: in both the foregoing, is more
applicable when numerical value of latitude or longitude is decreasing.
Rung. Ground timber of frame of a wooden vessel.
Rung Head. Upper end of a ground timber.
Runlet. Small barrel usually containing 15 gallons, but may vary between 5 and 20 gallons.
Runner. Person whose duty is to take messages. 2. A smuggler. 3. A person who solicits
business on behalf of another. 4. Vessel that runs a blockade. 5. Tackle in which one end of
rope is made fast and block runs on bight: nominal advantage being twofold. 6. Backstay
which can be slackened or detached to avoid fouling the boom. Running Backstay.
Runner Tackle. Luff tackle attached to hauling end of a runner purchase.
Running. Sailing with wind astern, or nearly so.
Running Agreement. Made between Master and crew to allow more than one foreign
voyage to be made without paying off. Expires at end of six months, or on vessel's first
arrival in United Kingdom after that period, with maximum period of two years.