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| Mooncusser | Legendary opportunists who lured vessels onto shoals during nights when there was no moonlight to illuminate the coastline. |
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| Moonraker | On square-rigged ships, a small light square sail set above the skysail in fair weather. If the sail were triangular, it would be called a Skyscraper. |
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| Moor | To attach a boat to a mooring, dock, post, anchor, etc. |
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| Mooring | An anchor or weight, permanently attached to the sea floor, with a buoy going to the surface, used to hold the boat in a certain area. |
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| Mooring Bitt | A strong pair of iron, steel or wooden posts on a ship's deck, around which ropes or cables are wound and held fast. |
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| Mooring Buoy | A buoy secured to a permanent anchor sunk deeply into the bottom. |
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| Mooring Line | Amarra
A line used to secure a boat to an anchor, dock, or mooring. |
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| Morse Code | A language of "dots" and "dashes" used to send messages, either sound using radio waves, or light using a searchlight or Aldis lamp. |
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| Motor | (1) An engine. (2) The act of using an engine to move a boat. |
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| Motor-sailing | Sailing with the motor on and in gear |
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| Mount | An attachment point for another object. |
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| Mouse | Any small collar made with spunyarn or light line to hold something in place. |
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| Mouse a Hook | The passing of several turns of line across the jaw of a hook to prevent something on the hook, such as an eye or a line, from jumping clear. |
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| Mudhook | Sailor's slang for anchor. |
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| Multi-Hull | A vessel formed of two or more hulls. A catamaran has two hulls, and a trimaran has three hulls. |
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