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Xebec 389 Xiphias X Xebec. Small three-masted, lateen-rigged trading vessel of Mediterranean Sea and Iberian coast. Diners from a felucca by having a square sail for running. Xiphias. The common swordfish of the Mediterranean. Has no central fin.
Yacht 390 Yaw Y Yacht. Vessel built for pleasure cruising, or for racing. Earliest English yacht would appear to be one built, at Cowes, for Queen Elizabeth in 1588. Charles II was given a vessel ('Mary') by the Dutch; this introduced the word 'yacht'-meaning 'chaser'- to the English language. Yacht Club. Association of yachtsmen to further the interests of yachting, to arrange races and to frame rules and regulations for the good order of the sport. Oldest is the Royal Cork Yacht Club, founded 1720. Yacht Codes. Signal codes adopted, or devised, by yacht clubs before introduction of the 'International Code' of 1857. Most of the important clubs had their own codes. Acker's 'Universal Yacht Signals' was the first common code. Yachtsman. One who owns or sails a yacht. Yankee Jib Topsail. Balloon jib topsail cut very high in clew. Yanky. Dutch sailing vessel of small size, and clumsy in a sea way. Yarage.* Handiness and general manoeuvrability of a vessel. Yard. Spar fitted across a mast, primarily to extend the head of a sail and to extend the foot of a sail above it, if any. It can be angled so that sail can be trimmed to a prevailing wind. In modern vessels its main purpose is to carry signal halliards. Yard and Stay. Name sometimes given to 'union purchase' method of rigging two derricks for loading or discharging overside. Is a relic of sailing ship seamanship, when one tackle was put on a stay-over a hold-and other tackle was put at yard arm, so plumbing loading, or discharging, point. Yard Arm. That part of yard that lies between the lift and the outboard end of the yard. Yard Arm and Yard Arm. Said of two square-rigged ships that are so closely alongside one another that their yard arms are nearly touching. Yard Arm Iron. Boom iron fitted at yard arm to take a studding sail boom. Yardarm to Yardarm. Yardarm and yardarm. Yard Rope. Rope used for sending a yard up or down. Yard Tackle. Purchase rigged on yard of square-rigged ship for lifting heavy weights in or out. Yarely.* Smartly. Quickly. Yarn. Threads that are laid up and form part of a twine, line, or strand. Yarrow Boiler. Water-tube boiler consisting of two lower water drums and an upper steam drum, these being connected by water tubes. In the triangle thus formed is the furnace, which heats the water drums, tubes, and lower side of steam drum. Water level is about halfway up steam drum. Yaw. To lurch, or swing, to either side of an intended course.
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DICTIONARY OF NAUTICAL WORDS AND TE
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Bouse 52 Bow Shackle Bow Sheets 53
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Grounding Clause 158 Gulf Stream Gu
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Profile Draughts 263 Propeller Prop
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Ullage 369 Under the Lee Undertow 3
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Able Seaman 2 Absolute Temperature
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Account of Wages Book 4 Actinozoa A
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Admiralty Court 6 Advance Freight A
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After Swim 8 Aground After Swim. Su
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Aitken's Nucleus Counter 10 Algol A
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Alow and Aloft 12 Altostratus Alow
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Ampere's Rule 14 Anchor Bed Ampere'
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Angle of Cut 16 Anomalistic Angle o
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Antiscorbutics 18 Apparent Midnight
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Aqualung 20 Arctic Circle Aqualung.
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Armed Merchant Cruiser 22 Ascending
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Asteroids 24 Astronomical Twilight
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A-Trip 26 Australian Sea Carriage A
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Average Statement 28 Azimuth Averag
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Babcock Erith Stoker 30 Backstaff B
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Balancing Band 32 Banjo Frame Balan
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Barograph 34 Basking Shark Barograp
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Bayou 36 Bear Away Bayou. Long, nar
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Becalmed 38 Bell Becalmed. Said of
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Benetnasch 40 Bessel's Figure of Ea
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Bilge Piece 42 Bill of Sight Bilge
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Bitting Cable 44 Blazer Bitting Cab
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Blue End 46 Board of Trade Blue End
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Boatswain's Chair 48 Bolide Boatswa
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Booby Hatch 50 Borda's Circle Booby
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Bouse 52 Bow Shackle Bouse. To heav
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Brace In 54 'Breakage' Brace In. To
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Breastwork 56 British Corporation B
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Brown Gyro Compass 58 Bulgeway Brow
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Bung 60 Burden Bung. Plug that clos
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Buttock 62 By the Wind Buttock. Ove
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Cable Shackle. Special shackle used
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Cain Wheel. Wheel eccentrically mou
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Cape 68 Captain of Top Cape. A proj
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Carney 70 Cassiopeia Carney. Seaman
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Cat Davit 72 Caulk Cat Davit. Stron
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Centaur(us) 74 Centre of Oscillatio
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Cetacea 76 Chain Shot Cetacea. Memb
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Characteristic 78 Chart Plate Chara
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Chief Buffer 80 Chromatic Aberratio
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Circle of Position 82 Clack Valve C
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Clearance Inward 84 Clew Garnet Cle
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Close Fights 86 Clubbing Close Figh
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Coastguard 88 Cod of Track Coastgua
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Collapsible Boat 90 Column Collapsi
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Common Bend 92 Compass Correction C
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Compulsory Pilotage 94 Console Brac
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Contract Ticket 96 Coping Contract
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Corocore 98 Counter (Engine) Coroco
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Cowl 100 Crevasse Cowl. Metal fitti
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Crossing 102 Crown Knot Crossing. A
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Cupola Ship 104 Cutlass Cupola Ship
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Dabchick 106 Date Line Dabchick. Di
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Dead Men's Eyes 108 Deck Hook Dead
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Deep Sea Leadline 110 Density Deep
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Destination 112 Dhow Destination. P
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Diphda 114 Discipline Diphda. Star
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Ditcher 116 Dock Ditcher. Name give
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Dolphin 118 Double Tide Dolphin. Ma
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Drag 120 Drift Drag. To draw an anc
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Dry Card Compass 122 Dunstos Rudder
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'E' 124 Echo Box •E.' Time value
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Elastic Coupling 126 Elliots Eye El
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Engineer 128 Equal Altitudes Engine
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Eyelet/Hole 130 Eye Splice Eyelet/H
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Falconet 132 Fanal Falconet.* Old o
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Feed 134 Fid Hammer Feed. Water pum
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First of Exchange 136 Fishing Boat
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Flaking a Mainsail 138 Flatten Flak
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Floating Harbour 140 Flute Floating
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Foot (of Sail) 142 Forefoot Foot (o
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Forge 144 Foxon's Log Forge. To for
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Free of Expense 146 Frigate Free of
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Fulmar 148 Futtock Timbers Fulmar.
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Gambling Policy 150 Gear Gambling P
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Geographical Mile 152 Girder Geogra
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Go About 154 Gorge Go About. To go
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Grampus 156 Greek Fire Grampus. Lar
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Grounding Clause 158 Gulf Stream Gr
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Gyro Compass 160 Gyrostat Gyro Comp
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Half Minute Glass 162 Hand Log Half
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Harbour Master 164 Harpoon Depth Fi
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Hatch Rest Section 166 Hawser Laid
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Heave and Up Pawl 168 Height Heave
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High and Dry 170 Hogshead High and
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Honour Policy 172 Hornpipe Honour P
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Hour Angle 174 Humidity Hour Angle.
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Hydrographic Department 176 Hystere
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Immigration Regulations 178 Index E
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Initial Stability 180 Insurance Pol
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Inversion 182 Isohel Inversion. Use
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Jack 184 Japan Stream J Jack. Union
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Jib of Jibs 186 Julian Calendar .Ji
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Jury Mat 188 Jury Steering Gear Jur
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Keeler 190 Kentledge Keeler. Man em
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Knarr 192 Kynaston's Apparatus Knar
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Lamp Trimmer 194 Laridae Lamp Trimm
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Lay a Hold 196 Leading Lights Lay a
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Lee Gauge 198 Let Draw Lee Gauge. P
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Liburnian 200 Life-Saving Apparatus
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Lightning Conductor 202 Line Fisher
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Liverpool Pantiles 204 Lloyd's Regi
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Log 206 Long Glass Log. Instrument
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Loop of Retrogression 208 Low-Water
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Lump Sum Freight 210 Lyra Lump Sum
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Magnetic Poles 212 Mail Steamer Mag
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Making Iron 214 Manilla Hemp Making
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Marina 216 'Marine Surveyor' Marina
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Mart 218 Master's Bond Mart. To tra
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Mate's Log 220 Mean Solar Day Mate'
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Menkar 222 Merchant Service Menkar.
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Mermaid 224 Meteors Mermaid. Fabulo
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Midship Frame 226 Mitchboard Midshi
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Monkey Seam 228 Mooring Swivel Monk
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Mumford Boiler 230 Mystery Tables M
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Nauscopy 232 Naval Court Nauscopy.
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Navivium 234 Nettles Navivium.* Ear
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Nipper 236 Norfolk Wherry Nipper. T
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Noting a Bill 238 Nutation Noting a
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Oceanus 240 Okta Oceanus. In ancien
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Opposed Cylinder Engine 242 Oropesa
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Overhaul 244 Oya Siwo Overhaul. To
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Palowa 246 Parallel of Latitude Pal
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Particular Lien_______ _248_____ __
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Pennant 250 Periscope Pennant. Four
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Petty Officer 252 Pillow Petty Offi
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Pink________ 254___ ________Pitch-p
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Pleiades 256 Point of Tangency Plei
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Pontoon 258 Port Charges Pontoon. B
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Post Captain 260 Preventer Bolts Po
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Priming 262 Procyon Priming. Of tid
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Propeller Post 264 Proxima Centauri
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Purse 266 Pyxis Nautica Purse. Bag-
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Quarter of Yard 268 Quartermaster Q
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*R' 270 Radiation Pressure R *R. Th
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Rakish 272 Rasalhague Rakish. Said
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Recognition Signal 274 Reduction to
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Peeving Beetle 276 Relative Bearing
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Report List 278 Reversal Report Lis
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Riding Slip 280 Right the Helm Ridi
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Risk of Collision 282 Roller Sheave
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Ropewalk 284 Round in Ropewalk. Cov
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Royal Mast 286 Rudder Iron Royal Ma
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Running Block 288 Rutter Running Bl
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Sailing Directions 290 Sailor's Dis
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Salvage 292 Saturated Steam Salvage
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Schermuly Pistol 294 Screw Alley Sc
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Scupper Nail 296 Sea Cock Scupper N
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Sea Lion 298 Sea-Risks Sea Lion. Na
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Seaworthy 300 Segmental Bar Seawort
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Semi-menstrual Inequality 302 Set t
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Shaft Tunnel 304 Shaula Shaft Tunne
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Sheer Plan 306 Shelter Deck Sheer P
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Shiplet 308 Shipyard Shiplet.* Old
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Short Jaw 310 Shroud Knot Short Jaw
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Sidereal Month 312 Signs of Zodiac
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Siren 314 Skimming Dish Siren. Fitt
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Slide Valve 316 Slipway Slide Valve
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Smitting Line 318 Sny Smiting Line.
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Solstitial Points 320 South-East Tr
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Span Shackle 322 Speed Error Span S
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Spike Bowsprit 324 Splice Main Brac
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Spring Stays 326 Square Rig Spring
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Standard Port 328 Star Globe Standa
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Stay Tube 330 Steerage Stay Tube. O
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Step 332 Sticks Step. The fitting i
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Stopping a Flag 334 Straining Screw
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Strike Clause 336 _ Studded Links S
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Page 403 and 404: SHIPPING AND BUSINESS ABBREVIATIONS
Page 405 and 406: d.f. Dead freight. d.l.o. Dispatch
Page 407 and 408: H.W. High water. H.W.F.&C. High Wat
Page 409 and 410: n.s.p.f. Not specially provided for
Page 411: V.R.D. Volunteer Reserve Decoration
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