| A | B |
|---|
| aft | Toward the stern or rear of the ship |
| anchor | An object designed to grip the ground, |
| bail | To remove water from the boat |
| birth | Beds |
| boom | The horizontal bar on the sails |
| bow | The front of the boat |
| bulkheads | Another word for walls |
| cabins | The bedroom |
| cockpit | The area, below deck level, where the captain sits |
| chart | A map displaying various graphic |
| compass | An instrument whose magnetized metal can tell directions |
| deck | Floors on a ship |
| dock | The area a boat rests in when not being driven |
| fore | The front part of the ship |
| forward | Toward the bow of the boat |
| galley | The kitchen |
| gunwale | The railing of the boat at deck level |
| halyard | The line used to raise or lower the sails |
| head | The bathroom |
| helm | The wheel used to steer and area around it |
| hull | The outer body or shell of a vessel, |
| jib | A triangle shaped sail |
| keel | A fin down the centerline of the bottom of ship |
| mainmast | On ships with two or more masts, it is the main sail post |
| mainsheet | The line that controls the boom |
| mast | The vertical pole usually made of wood or |
| port | The left side of the boat |
| rigging | The masts and lines used to control sails |
| rudder | A fin under the stern of the boat used in |
| starboard | The right side of the ship |
| stern | The back of the boat |
| swabbing the deck | Mopping the floors |
| winch | A metal drum shaped device used to raise and lower the sails or anchor |
