"************  DICOMAR  (V 1.0)  ************","                   par Jean-Yves Pontailler","        jean-yves.pontailler@eco.u-psud.fr","   A French-English dictionary devoted to","nautical terms. All amendments are welcome",""
"accastillage","fittings - deck hardware","accastiller : to fit out","","",""
"accoster","to berth","","","",""
"acier inoxydable (acier au chrome et au nickel)","stainless steel","","","",""
"affaler","to lower - to haul down","border : to haul (a sheet/a sail) taut","","",""
"alignement","transit","","","",""
"altitude (f)","altitude - elevation","","","",""
"aluminium anodis‚","anodized aluminium","","","",""
"amarre (f)","mooring rope - mooring line","amarrer : to make fast - to moor","amarrage : mooring (… couple/… quai : mooring alongside)","larguer les amarres : to cast off",""
"amer","landmark - mark","","","",""
"amure (f)","tack - windward","tribord amure : starboard-tack","un voilier tribord amure est prioritaire","",""
"ancre (f)","anchor","grappin : grapnel","ancre flottante : sea anchor","",""
"anguillers","limbers","","","",""
"anneau d'amarrage","ring","bitte d'amarrage (f) : bollard","","",""
"anode (f) (‚lectrode de zinc pour pr‚venir la corrosion)","anode","","","",""
"apn‚e (f)","apnea -  breath-holding","","","",""
"appareiller","to cast off - to get under way","","","",""
"arbre d'h‚lice","propeller shaft","","","",""
"assiette (f)(‚quilibre du bateau)","trim","","","",""
"aussiŠre/haussiŠre","hawser","","","",""
"aviron/rame (f)","oar","aviron (sport) : rowing","ramer : to row","",""
"azimut (angle form‚ par une direction avec le nord)","azimuth","","","",""
"bƒbord","port","","","",""
"baie (f)","bay","anse (f) : cove","crique (f) : creek","",""
"balise (f)","beacon","balise flottante/bou‚e (f) : buoy","tourelle (f) : tower","",""
"bar","bass (poisson)","troquet : (public) bar - pub","","",""
"barre (f)","helm","barre … roue (f) : wheel","barre franche (f) : tiller","barrer : to steer",""
"bateau","boat - ship - craft (ces noms sont f‚minins en anglais)","bateau pneumatique : inflatable boat - rubber dinghy","bateau de pˆche : fishing boat","",""
"batterie (f)","battery","pile (f) : battery - cell","","",""
"beaupr‚/bout-dehors","bowspirit","","","",""
"b“me (f)","boom","","","",""
"bord","tack","tirer un bord : to make a tack","distance parcourue sur un bord : leg","… bord : aboard",""
"bout/filin/corde (f)","line/rope","","","",""
"brouillard","mist","brume (f) : fog","corne de brume (f) : fog horn","",""
"caban/vareuse (f)","reefer","","","",""
"cabestan","capstan","noeud de cabestan : clove hitch","","",""
"cale (f)","hold","fond de cale : bilge","cale sŠche : dry dock","cale de lancement : slip(way)",""
"calfatage","calking - caulking","","","",""
"calme plat","flat calm","","","",""
"cap (direction de l'axe du navire)","heading","mettre le cap sur : to head for","route (f)(relŠvement du point d'arriv‚e) : course - track","",""
"capitaine","captain - skipper (voilier)","matelot : sailor - seaman","matelotage : seamanship","",""
"car‚ner","to careen","car‚nage : careening - careenage","","",""
"cargaison (f)","cargo - freight - load - shipment","","","",""
"carr‚ (pour l'‚quipage)","mess -  mess-room","","","",""
"carte marine (f)","chart - nautical map","","","",""
"chaŒne (f)","chain","maillon : link","manille (f) : shackle","",""
"chaise (f)/berceau (de moteur)","cradle - bed plate","","","",""
"chanvre","hemp","","","",""
"chaumard","sheave-hole","","","",""
"chavirer/faire chavirer","to capsize","","","",""
"clapot","chop","il y a du clapot : it is choppy","","",""
"coffre (bou‚e d'amarrage)","mooring buoy","","","",""
"colmater","to plug (up) - to clog","","","",""
"compas/boussole (f)","compass","compas de route : steering compass","compas … pointes sŠches : dividers","",""
"congre","conger(-eel)","","","",""
"coque (f)","hull","coque planante : planing hull","coque … d‚placement : displacement hull","coque (f) (coquillage) : cockle",""
"coquille Saint Jacques (f)","scallop","","","",""
"corps-mort/mouillage","mooring - mooring post","mouillage (emplacement) : anchorage - moorage","gueuse (f) : shot","",""
"couchette (f)","berth","sac de couchage : sleeping bag","","",""
"couler/sombrer","to sink","","","",""
"courant","current - stream","","","",""
"courroie (f)","belt","","","",""
"croisiŠre (f)","cruise","","","",""
"cuivre","copper","laiton (alliage de cuivre et de zinc) : brass","","",""
"dalot","scupper (hole)","","","",""
"dame de nage (f)","rowlock","","","",""
"dauphin","dolphin","","","",""
"d‚clinaison magn‚tique (f)","magnetic declination","","","",""
"d‚fense (f)/pare flanc/pare battage","fender","","","",""
"d‚pression (f) (barom‚trique)","low - (barometric) depression","baromŠtre : barometer","","",""
"d‚rive (f)","drift (‚loignement de la route initiale)","drop keel/centre board (quille de d‚riveur)","d‚river : to drift","",""
"d‚troit","strait(s) - sound","passe (f) : pass","","",""
"drisse (f)","halyard/halliard","hisser : to hoist - to haul up","","",""
"‚cluse (f)","lock","","","",""
"‚cope (f)","bailer - scoop","‚coper : to bail out - to scoop","vide-vite : self bailer","",""
"‚coute (f)","sheet","point d'‚coute : clew","","",""
"‚coutille (f)","hatch","cul sec ! : down the hatch !","","",""
"‚merillon","swivel","","","",""
"enfourner","to plough","","","",""
"‚pave (f)","wreck","","","",""
"‚pissure (f)","splice","","","",""
"‚quipage","crew","‚quipier : crewmate","","",""
"erre (f) : way","avoir de l'erre : to have way on","","","",""
"escale (f)","call - port of call","faire escale : to put into (port)","","",""
"‚tai","stay","","","",""
"‚toile de mer (f)","starfish","","","",""
"‚toupe (f)","tow - oakum","presse-‚toupe : stuffing box - stern gland","","",""
"faseyer/faseiller","to shiver","","","",""
"ferler (les voiles)","to furl (sails)","","","",""
"feu … main","hand flare","fus‚e (f) : star flare","fumigŠne : smoke flare","",""
"fibre de verre (f)","fiberglass","","","",""
"filiŠre (f)","life line","","","",""
"foc","jib","tourmentin/trinquette (f) : storm jib","g‚nois : genoa","",""
"gaffe (f)","boathook","gaffe (pˆche) : gaff","","",""
"godiller","to skull -  to single-skull","godille (f) (aviron) : stern oar - scull","","",""
"go‚lette (f) (voilier ayant au moins 2 mƒts et sans artimon)","shooner","","","",""
"gorgone (f)","gorgonia","","","",""
"goupille (f)","pin","","","",""
"gouvernail","rudder","safran : rudder blade","","",""
"grain/coup de vent","gust/gale (fresh or strong gale)","avis de coup de vent : gale warning","","",""
"gr‚ement","rigging (voiles et ‚quipements) - rig (disposition)","gr‚er : to rig","","",""
"grog","grog - toddy","","","",""
"hame‡on","hook -  fish-hook","","","",""
"harnais","harness","","","",""
"hauban(s)","shroud - guy (rope/line) - stay(s)","","","",""
"hauteur (f) (mar‚e/mat/amer)","height","hauteur d‚couvrante (au-dessus du z‚ro) : drying height","","",""
"h‚lice (f)","propeller","","","",""
"homard","lobster","","","",""
"horaire/annuaire des mar‚es","tide table","","","",""
"houle (f)","swell - surge","","","",""
"hublot/sabord","porthole","","","",""
"jauge (f)/indicateur","gauge","jauge de carburant : fuel gauge","jaugeage : measurement","jauge (f) : tonnage - burden",""
"joint","seal - gasket","joint torique : O-ring","","",""
"ketch (voilier … 2 mƒts, le mƒt arriŠre ‚tant le plus petit)","ketch","","","",""
"langouste (f)","spiny lobster","","","",""
"largue","free","naviguer au largue : to sail/run free","","",""
"ligne de flottaison (f)","waterline - chine","","","",""
"ligne de pˆche (f)","fishing line","canne … pˆche (f) : fishing rod","filet : net","",""
"livre/journal de bord","logbook","","","",""
"louvoyer","to tack","","","",""
"lover (un bout/une amarre)","to coil a rope/a mooring line","","","",""
"maquereau","mackerel","","","",""
"mar‚e (f)","tide","mar‚e haute/basse : high/low tide","mar‚e de morte-eau/vive-eau : neap/spring tide","mar‚e ‚tale : slack tide",""
"marnage","tidal range","","","",""
"mastic","putty - filler","mastic silicone : silicone rubber","","",""
"mƒt","mast","mƒt d'artimon : mizzenmast","tˆte de mƒt : mast head","pied de mƒt : mast step",""
"mat‚riel de pˆche","fishing tackle","","","",""
"m‚duse (f)","jelly-fish  -  sea-wasp","","","",""
"membrure (f)","rib - crossframe","","","",""
"mer agit‚e/houleuse","rough sea/heavy sea","","","",""
"m‚t‚o (f)","weather forcast","bulletin m‚t‚o : weather report","","",""
"mille marin (1852 mŠtres - 1' de latitude)","nautical mile (6080 feet)","","","",""
"moteur","engine","moteur hors-bord : outboard engine","","",""
"mou (d'un bout)","slack","donner du mou : to slacken","","",""
"mouette (f)/go‚land","gull - seagull","go‚land argent‚ : herring gull","cormoran : cormorant","",""
"mouiller","to anchor - to drop/cast anchor","lever l'ancre/appareiller : to weigh anchor","ˆtre au mouillage : to lie at/to ride at anchor","",""
"moule (f)","mussel","","","",""
"nageoire (f)/palme (f)","fin","masque : mask","tuba : snorkel","ceinture de plomb (f) : weightbelt",""
"navette (f)","shuttle","","","",""
"naviguer","to sail - to cruise","navigation (f) : navigation - sailing","navigation hauturiŠre : deep-sea/ocean navigation","",""
"navire","ship - vessel","","","",""
"noeud (1 noeud = 1 mille/heure = 1.85 km/h)","knot","noeud en huit : figure eight knot","noeud de chaise : bowline","demi-cl‚ (f) : half hitch",""
"Nord/Sud/Est/Ouest","North/South/East/West","nord g‚ographique : true north","point cardinal : cardinal point","",""
"pavillon","flag","","","",""
"peinture (f)","paint","peinture (action) : painting","vernis : varnish","goudron : tar",""
"phare","light - lighthouse (bƒtiment)","","","",""
"phoque","seal","","","",""
"pilote automatique","autopilot","","","",""
"plancher","floorboard","","","",""
"point","position","estime : reckoning","par relŠvement compas : cross bearing","par alignement : transit bearing","faire le point : to take bearings"
"poisson pierre","stonefish","","","",""
"pompe de cale (f)","bilge pump","","","",""
"pont","deck","","","",""
"port","harbour - port","","","",""
"poulie (f)","pulley - block","treuil/winch : winch","palan : tackle","",""
"poupe (f)","stern - poop","le vent en poupe : the wind aft","","",""
"prame (f)","pram","canot :  dinghy","","",""
"priorit‚ (f)","right of way - priority","bateau prioritaire : right of way boat - stand on vessel","","",""
"profondeur (f)","depth","profondimŠtre : depth gauge","","",""
"proue (f)/‚trave (f)","bow - stem","","","",""
"quai","quay - wharf","jet‚e (f) : pier - jetty","","",""
"quart/veille (f)/bord‚e (f)","watch","","","",""
"quille (f)","keel","quille anti-roulis : bilge keel","lest : ballast","",""
"raie","skate - ray","","","",""
"ralingue (f)","bolt rope","","","",""
"r‚cif","reef","rocher : rock","haut-fond : shallow - shoal","",""
"reflux","ebb","mar‚e descendante : tide on the ebb","","",""
"r‚gate(s)","regatta - yacht races","","","",""
"relŠvement (relev‚ de l'azimut d'un ou plusieurs points)","bearing - position","","","",""
"remorquer","to tow","en remorque : on tow","remorquage : towing","filin de remorquage : tow line",""
"renverse (f)/renversement de mar‚e","tide turn","","","",""
"requin","shark","","","",""
"r‚servoir","tank","","","",""
"rides (f)/clapotis","ripple","","","",""
"ris","reef","prendre des ris/r‚duire la voilure : to reef (the sail)","","",""
"ris‚e (f)","light squall - flaw","rafale (f) : squall","","",""
"roulis","roll/rolling","tangage : pitch/pitching","","",""
"route (f)","course - track","route de surface : wake course","route fond : true course - track","",""
"scaphandre autonome","aqualung - scuba","bouteille (f) de plong‚e : cylinder","d‚tendeur : regulator","",""
"seiche (f)","cuttlefish","","","",""
"sillage","wake","","","",""
"sondeur","depth sounder - depth finder","sonde … main (f) : lead line","sonder : to sound - to fathom","",""
"soupape (f)","valve","ressort de soupape : valve spring","","",""
"talonner","to ground - to bump","","","",""
"tangon","swinging boom - whisker pole","","","",""
"taquet","(belaying) cleat - belaying pin","","","",""
"taud","(rain) awning","","","",""
"thon","tuna","thon blanc : albacore","","",""
"tirant d'eau","draught","","","",""
"toron (brin de cordage)","strand","","","",""
"traŒnard","current line","","","",""
"travers","beam","par le travers bƒbord : on the port beam","vent de travers : beam wind","",""
"traversier (amarre lat‚rale)","breast line","","","",""
"triangle avant","fore peak","","","",""
"tribord","starboard","","","",""
"vague (f)","wave","brisants : breakers","moutons : white horses","embruns : spray","d‚ferlante (f) : breaker - beachcomber"
"varec(h)/go‚mon","(bladder)wrack","","","",""
"vent","wind","au vent : windward","sous le vent : leeward","vent arriŠre : downwind",""
"virer de bord","to tack - to stay","empanner (virer vent arriŠre) : to wear","","",""
"voile (f)","sail","grand voile : mainsail - main","toutes voiles dehors : in full sail - all sails set","",""
"voilier","sailboat - yacht (grand voilier)","voilier … un mƒt : sloop","voilier (fabricant) : sailmaker","",""
"vomir","to vomit - to sprew up - to bring up","","","",""