catch a crab v. phr.— «And they oohed with disappointment when another boat stopped dead in the water as one of the rowers “caught a crab” as they say in the sport: An oar caught water and was pulled downward resulting in an...
swallow the anchor v. phr.— «Where you see yourself in five years: We’ll be back on the boat somewhere. I don’t know where. But I think we’ll keep the house and rent it out; this will always be our home port, our land lock—swallowing the...
six pack n.— «The U.S. Coast Guard has much to do today with Homeland Security and policing matters, so they are asking the auxiliaries to expand their inspections to include Uninspected Passenger Vessels, commonly called six packs (six...
DNF adj. 1. did not finish, in course-based sporting events, such as boating, auto-racing, and horse-racing. 2. did not find, in geocaching. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)