flotsam - Debris floating on the water surface.
following sea - A sea with waves approaching from the stern of the boat.
FLOTSAM: Wreckage or cargo that remains afloat after a ship has sunk. Floating refuse or debris.
flotsam - Wreckage debris floating on the water.
flowing sheet - In sailing free, when the sheets are eased up or slackened off.
flowing tide - The rising tide, the flood tide.
Flotsam:
Debris floating on the water surface; Any part of the wreckage of a ship or her cargo which is found floating on the surface of the sea.
Flower of the Winds:
Old expression for the engraving of the wind:rose on charts.
Flotsam
Goods thrown into the sea from a ship and still afloat
Fore or Forward ...
Flotsam
Any of the contents or equipment of a boat which have been washed overboard.
Fluke ...
flotsam -- floating items of a ship or its cargo at sea, floating debris
fo'c'sle -- separate crew quarters before the mast
Force 8 -- gale force wind on the Beaufort Wind Scale
foredeck -- the forward part of a boat's main deck ...
flotsam -- floating items of a ship or its cargo at sea, floating debris
fluke -- the digging end of the anchor; also wind irregularity
Fo'c'sle An abbreviation of forecastle.
Direction was measured with a compass and speed was estimated by throwing a piece of flotsam alongside the ship. This method didn't take into account tides and currents, which resulted in ships going off course.
A system of signaling in Morse Code where light flashes of appropriate duration represent dots and dashes flood The incoming tidal current running toward the shore or upstream in a river; See also ebb current and tide flotsam Floating debris ...
 See also: Bow, Forward, Line, Keel, Boat
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