close up - A flag hoisted to the top of a flagpole. Also see atthedipat the dip.
clove hitch - A type of knot typically used when mooring. It is easily adjustable, but it may work loose.
club - A boom on a jib or staysail.
chock home - Close up.
chop - Waves that are short and steep.
choppy sea - A short, steep sea, which makes a vessel continuously pitch and roll.
Ground and catting chains have been superseded in some ships by a wire pendant and cat hook; the anchor is then hove close up to the hawse-pipe.
A flag hoisted half way up a flagpole. Also see close up.
Athwart, Athwartships
Lying along the ship's width, at right angles to the vessels centerline.
OVERHANG That portion of a vessel's bow or stern which projects beyond a perpendicular at the waterline. OVERHAUL To repair or put in proper condition for operation; to overtake or close up the distance between one ship and another ship moving in ...
 See also: Chain, Boom, Forward, Light, Line
  
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