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Dangerously steep and breaking seas due to opposing currents and wind in a shallow area, or strong currents over a shallow rocky bottom.
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Cutting a hole in an object or vessel, especially in order to sink a vessel deliberately.
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Measuring the depth of the water. Traditionally done by swinging the lead, now commonly by echo sounding.
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Measuring the depth of the water using a sonar device. Also see sounding and swinging the lead.
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Navigator. A specially knowledgeable person qualified to navigate a vessel through difficult waters, e.g. harbour pilot etc.
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Obsolete term for the left side of a ship. Derived from "lay-board" providing access between a ship and a quay, when ships normally docked with the left side to the wharf. Replaced by port side or port, to avoid confusion with starboard.
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Of a vessel which is floating freely (not aground or sunk). More generally of vessels in service ("the company has 10 ships afloat").
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Sea conditions with a tidal current and a wind in opposite directions, leading to short, heavy seas.
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