Port This Side
Starboard That Side
Fore Look out for a golf ball
AFT I'm not absolutely sure, but I think
this term means "Forget It"
Ketch A game played with a ball
Sloop A sound made when
drinking through a straw
Schooner A person who schoons
Swab Baby talk for slob
Jibe Modern Slang
Shipshape Something that looks like a ship
Can A euphemism for powder room
Powder Room A place where explosives are kept
Marina The name of an Italian woman
Tonnage The amount by which you're over
weight
Winch A very small girl
Dead Astern A useless thing that is behind you
Dead Ahead A useless thing that is in front of you
Capsize The measurement of a hat
Knots Cramps caused by eating the
wrong thing
Landlubber Someone who lubs the land
Tack A person who is less than tacky
Ships' Ladder Rules for social climbing on a
boat
Gangplank A plank belonging to a group
of close friends
Bilge The diminutive of Bill
Bulkhead A person who isn't very smart
Cold Front An aloof manner
Dock A physician on a ship
Grommet The sound made by a tree frog
Buoy The opposite of guirl
Landfall The result of diving off a ship
before it is put in the water
Mooring Wandering around the English
countryside
Running Lights Lights that have become
hysterical
Sea Cock This term is self-explanatory
and requires no definition
Sextant The owner of a sea cock
Soundings Little noises
Yachtsman A man who goes, "Yattaca,
Yattaca," or someone who
talks to much
Courtesy of Marina Grog & Galley