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Term	Definition
Bermuda Rig	A sail plan in which the main and/or mizzen, or the foresail of a schooner, is of triangular shape, very long in the luff and set from a tall mast. This is almost now universal in all sailing yachts.

Berth	(1) A place for a person to sleep. (2) A place where the ship can tie up or anchor. (3) A position of employment aboard a ship (4) A safe and cautious distance from which another vessel or object is passed, as in "giving wide berth"

Beset	Said of a vessel when she is entirely surrounded by ice.

Best Bower	Term used in the days of sail to indicate the starboard of the two anchors carried at the bow of a ship. The anchor on the port side was known as the small bower (although they were the same size).

Between Decks	The space between any decks.

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	see Devil

Betwixt Wind and Water	On or near the line of immersion of a ship's hull.