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A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.
2. More loosely, a sailor or enlisted person of any navy. Bluejacket's Manual A basic handbook for US Navy personnel. board 1. To step onto, climb onto or otherwise enter a vessel. 2. The side of a vessel. 3. The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward. boat 1.
When a sailor is drafted to a warship at the last minute, just before she sails. pilot A specially knowledgeable person qualified to navigate a vessel through difficult waters, e.g. harbour pilot, etc. pilot boat A type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. pilot ladder
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The captain or master is the ship's highest responsible officer, acting on behalf of the ship's owner. Whether the captain is a member of the deck department or not is a matter of some controversy, and generally depends on the opinion of an individual captain.
One of John Philip Sousa's lesser-known works was his "Jack Tar March", written in 1903, which featured "The Sailor's Hornpipe" tune in one of its segments. Ship Ahoy! (All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor) is a 1908 music hall song with the line "all the nice girls love a tar".
The sailor was tied to a line looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel, either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship (from bow to stern).
Throughout history, sailing was a key form of propulsion that allowed for greater mobility than travel over land. This greater mobility increased capacity for exploration, trade, transport, warfare, and fishing, especially when compared to overland options.