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| Blue Peter | A flag signaling that a ship is about to sail and that all should report on board. It is International Code Flag "P". |
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| Bluejacket | A term describing the seamen of a British warship. |
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| Bluenose | A general nautical term for Canadians, but more especially for Nova Scotian sailing ships and men. |
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| Bluewater Sailing | Open ocean sailing |
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| Bo'suns Call, Pipe, or Whistle | Once the only method, other than human voice, of passing orders to men on board ship; the instructions to perform certain tasks were conveyed by different notes and pitches on the high-pitched whistle. |
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| Board | To go onboard, to go into a ship. |
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| Boarding Party | Designated members of ship's company formed into a military unit that will go aboard another vessel. |
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| Boat | A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship. One definition is a small craft carried aboard a ship. |
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| Boat Hook | A long sturdy pole fitted with a blunt hook at one end designed to catch a line when coming alongside a pier or mooring, to facilitate putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off. |
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| Boat Speed | Speed through the water, not "over ground". |
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| Boatswain | Also bosun, bos'n, bo's'n, and bo'sun, all of which are pronounced bosun. The highest unlicensed rating in the deck department who has immediate charge of all deck hands, oversees deck crew, maintenance and upkeep of the ship except for the engine room and galley areas |
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| Bobstay | A stay from the stem of a boat to the end of the bowsprit used to counteract the upward pull of the forestay. |
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| Boilers | Steam generating units used aboard ship to provide steam for propulsion and for heating and other auxiliary purposes. |
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| Bollard | A large solid post on a wharf or pier for securing mooring lines; the same when constructed on the deck of a ship. |
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| Bolster | A piece of wood fitted in various places to act as a preventative to chafe. |
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