Anchor watch: |
Time spent in the wheelhouse to
make sure the boat does not drag anchor and start to move. |
Bow: |
The front of the boat. |
Bunk: |
A bed. |
Cabin or house: |
The living area on a working boat. |
Chumming for fish: |
Vomiting over the side of the rail
into the sea. |
Climbing mountains: |
Climbing up waves that are the size
of the boat or bigger. |
Crab pots: |
Traps made of wooden slates or more
commonly wire mesh. They are set individually or in strings on the
bottom of the ocean to catch crab. The traps can be up to ten feet
square and are usually baited. |
Drop the hook: |
Dropping and setting the boat’s
anchor. |
Galley: |
The kitchen and dining area. |
Greenhorn: |
A first time fisherman. |
Head: |
The bathroom. |
In the trough: |
The space in between waves. The
boat will naturally fall into a “trough” while drifting. When drifting
in the “trough” the boat is parallel with the swell and will rock
from side to side. |
Jogging: |
When the boat engines are at lower
rpm. Jogging is often used to hold the boat in a safe position during
bad weather. |
Lazy swell: |
Waves that are far apart with not
much wind. |
Making ice: |
When ocean spray from waves freezes
on the boat. |
Master Baiter: |
A name given to a Green Horn once
they have mastered the art of filling bait jars or baiting halibut
hooks. |
On the crab: |
When fishing is great and the pots
are full. |
Portside: |
The left side of the boat facing
the bow. |
Prop Wash: |
An essential cleaning agent. If
the ship is low on Prop Wash, it is the job of the Greenhorn to
go into town to buy more. |
Radar Navigator: |
A fisherman who relies too heavily
on the radar to navigate instead of his own knowledge of charts
and other instruments. |
Rollie Pollie: |
Middle size waves with a slight
wind at the side of the boat. |
Screamer: |
A captain who screams at his crew. |
Skipper or skip: |
The captain. |
Skunked: |
Pulling up an empty pot. |
Sloppy-choppy: |
Waves that have no real pattern
and seem to be coming from different directions. |
Starboard: |
The right side of the boat. |
Stateroom: |
A bedroom. |
Stern or aft: |
The back of the boat. |
Twin Screw: |
A boat with two propellers instead
of one. A boat with twin screws handles differently, especially
when docking. |
Variable to Terrible: |
Often when the forecast predicts
“Variable Winds”, it means the weather could get worse. |
Wheelhouse: |
Where the captain drives the boat. |
Wheel watch: |
When a crewmember takes a turn driving
the boat. |
Whitecaps: |
When the wind is blowing strong
enough to produce a crest of foam on waves. |
