Side by side or alongside the vessel or broad off her beam
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Adrift
Loose, not on moorings or towline, unsecure
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Accommodation Ladder
A portable set of steps on the side of a ship for the use of people when boarding the vessel from small boats or a pier
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Aft
Towards the stern part of or abaft the vessel
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Amidship
In midships or in the middle of the ship, either with regard to her length or breadth. Hence that timber or frame, which has the greatest breadth and capacity in the ship is denominated in the "midship bend"
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Astern
In the after end of a vessel or a location off the vessel and behind it
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Barge
Any non-powered vessel solely used for the carriage or cargo
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Beam
The maximum breadth of the vessel
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Below
Beneath the deck or inside the boat
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Bilge
The lowest outward corner of the vessel's midship section or the lowest space within her at that point
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Boat
A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship
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Bow
The vessel's area and spaces forward of the point where the sides begin to turn in toward the stem
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Bow Thruster
An electrical motor driven propeller fitted in a transverse tunnel near the bows
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Bridge Deck
The transverse partition between the cockpit and the cabin on a small yacht, the joining structure between the hulls of a catamaran or the superstructure deck on which the Bridge is situated.
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Bulbous Bow
A bow fitted with a bulb at below the waterline and extending forward past the forward perpendicular forming a convex entry at the keel/stem junction (as opposed to a sharp vee) incorporated to reduce wave making resistance.
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Bulkhead
A secondary main structural item forming a transverse or longitudinal vertical flat surface which subdivides the vessel’s interior into separate compartments.
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Poop
An enclosed superstructure at the extreme after end of the vessel
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Poop Deck
The first deck above the uppermost or main deck at the after end of the vessel and forming the top of the poop
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