Anatomy of a Ship

From bow to stern and keel to mast: the parts, fittings, and rigging that make up a sailing vessel.

A Pirate's Glossary
aft
A Pirate's Glossary
amidship
ballast
ballast
A Pirate's Glossary
beam
belaying pin
belaying pin
A Pirate's Glossary
bilge
A Pirate's Glossary
bilge water
bittacle
bittacle
A Pirate's Glossary
Bonaventure mizzen
A Pirate's Glossary
boom
A Pirate's Glossary
bow
bowsprit
bowsprit
bulkhead
bulkhead
A Pirate's Glossary
cable
capstan
capstan
cathead
cathead
cordage
cordage
crow’s nest
crow’s nest
A Pirate's Glossary
driver
A Pirate's Glossary
fo’cs’le
foremast
foremast
futtock
futtock
gaff
gaff
A Pirate's Glossary
gangplank
A Pirate's Glossary
gangway
gun wale
gun wale
hawsehole
hawsehole
A Pirate's Glossary
helm
A Pirate's Glossary
hold
holystone
holystone
hull
hull
jack
jack
jackstaff
jackstaff
Jacob’s ladder
Jacob’s ladder
jib
jib
A Pirate's Glossary
jury rig
keel
keel
killick
killick
lanyard
lanyard
lateen sail
lateen sail
A Pirate's Glossary
lee
A Pirate's Glossary
line
lugsail
lugsail
main sheet
main sheet
mainmast
mainmast
mainsail
mainsail
mast
mast
mizzen
mizzen
A Pirate's Glossary
mizzenmast
nipper
nipper
parrel
parrel
A Pirate's Glossary
poop deck
A Pirate's Glossary
port
prow
prow
quarterdeck
quarterdeck
A Pirate's Glossary
rigging
A Pirate's Glossary
rudder
scuppers
scuppers
sheet
sheet
shrouds
shrouds
skysail
skysail
spanker
spanker
spyglass
spyglass
starboard
starboard
stern
stern
sternpost
sternpost
A Pirate's Glossary
tack
A Pirate's Glossary
tackle
topmast
topmast
topsail
topsail
A Pirate's Glossary
transom
trysail
trysail
yard
yard
yardarm
yardarm