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| Gingerbread | Gilded carving and scroll work decorating the hulls of ships. |
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| Gird | To haul in or bind something together in order to create more space. |
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| Girdle | Additional thickness of planking on a wooden ship about her waterline to give the vessel more stability. |
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| Girth | The measurement around the body of a ship. The half girth is taken from the center line of the keel to the upper deck beam end. |
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| Give-Way Vessel | A term, from the Navigational Rules, used to describe the vessel which must yield to the "Stand-on Vessel" in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations. also known as the Burdened Vessel |
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| Glass | In the days of tall ships the barometer was a glass vessel with a thin stem. The fluid in the glass (in most cases water) would move up and down the stem as the pressure of the surrounding atmosphere changed. These movements were used to predict changes in the weather. also the seaman's name for a telescope. |
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| Global Positioning System (GPS) | A navigation system using satellite signals to fix a position with great accuracy. |
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| Glory Hole | Any small enclosed space in which unwanted items are stowed when clearing up decks. |
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| GMT | Abbreviation for Greenwich Mean Time. |
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| Go About | To turn the boat head-to-wind so as to go about on the opposite tack |
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| Go Adrift | To break loose from a mooring, anchor or docking. |
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| Gob Line | A length of rope used in a tug to bowse in the towrope. Gog rope. |
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| Going to Weather | To sail against the prevailing wind and seas. |
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| Gondola | A small boat, highly ornamented, with a high rising stem and sternpost. Used on the canals of Venice, it is propelled by a man standing near the stern using a single oar |
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| Gone Aloft | Sailor's phrase for a seaman who has died. |
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