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| Seaworthiness | Statement on the condition of the vessel. The sufficiency of a vessel in materials, construction, equipment, crew and outfit for the trade in which it is employed. Any sort of disrepair to the vessel by which the cargo may suffer, overloading, untrained officers, etc., may constitute a vessel unseaworthy. |
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| Second Assistant Engineer | On steam vessels has responsibility for the boilers, on diesels, the evaporators and the auxiliary equipment. |
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| Second Greaser | Old nickname for a second mate. |
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| Second Mate | Ships navigation officer. Keeps charts (maps) up to date and monitors navigation equipment on bridge. |
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| Secondary Port | A port that is not directly listed in the tide tables but for which information is available as a difference from a nearby standard port. |
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| Section | A drawing representing the internal parts of a vessel as if she had been cut straight through, either longitudinally or athwartships. It shows the positions of the frames and their exact curvature in relation to the hull shape. |
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| Sector | An arc of a circle in which certain types of navigational lights known as sector lights are visible. |
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| Secure | To make fast; to make safe and shipshape. To stow an object or tie it in place. |
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| Seiche | Short period oscillation in level of enclosed, or partly enclosed, area of water when not due to the action of tide-raising forces. |
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| Seine | The large nets used for fishing they have weights on one edge and floats on the other. They can be closed to contain the fish. |
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| Seize | (1) To bind a line with marline, cord, twine, wire, or other "small stuff" to prevent accidental opening or unraveling (2) To freeze up, as a valve. |
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| Seized | Bound together. |
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| Seizing | The cord, twine or other small stuff which is used to seize line. |
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| Self-bailing Cockpit | A watertight cockpit with scuppers, drains, or bailers that remove water. |
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| Semaphore | A method of signaling and communicating using two flags held in position by the signaler, the positions of the flags denoting the meaning. |
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