Would you know the difference between the following words:
- Amariner
- Mooring
- Address
- Dock
- Link up
- Boarding
To help you, here are the definitions of all these marine terms.
Mooring
To hold with a rope. We moor our boat to the quay or to another boat.
A boat is moored when a rope is used to connect it to the dock. This rope is called a mooring line. It is attached to a cleat, mooring bitt or bollard.
Also said of fixing something. For example, to attach a halyard to a cleat.
Dock
Come with your boat alongside another boat or dock.
For example: We accost the quay by starboard .
Link up
Stow and stall in good order so that it is not displaced by the effects of navigation. Cargo is stowed in the bunkers or sails on deck.
Lashing is not always done with a rope. For example, sweaters are stowed in an equipement.
Amariner
Getting the sailor's body used to the sea. This is mainly the same as getting used to seasickness. Some of the crew members moored up with the gust of wind past. But for some, mooring involves getting to know the boat, finding the supports, the handrails, and finding the balance. Once moored, the moving object that is the boat is tamed.
Boarding
Interdicting a ship, by signals or by berthing it, to ask for its papers. Customs and the maritime police board ships. In the past, privateers used to board ships to loot their cargo... but that was another era.
Address
To hit another boat or a buoy. In collision, there is the notion of shock, of brutality. It hits!
Said in the old traditional navy in case of naval combat: " Let's board! "
We can use the verb "to approach" to mean "to arrive at". For example I have a bordered the pass with the rising tide.
