Wake - The swell caused by a boat passing through water
Category: - Maritime

Warfinger - A man in charge of a docking facility. He authorizes ships to dock, and collects fees from them for docking, and is responsible for arranging for repairs to the dock.
Category: - Maritime

Warm Front - A front that moves in such a way that the warmer air replaces the colder air.
Category: - Weather

Watch - The day at sea is divided into six four hour periods. Three groups of watchstanders are on duty for four hours and then off for eight, then back to duty. Seamen often work overtime during their off time.
Category: - Maritime

Water Line - Any one of certain lines of a ship parallel with (and at various heights above) the base line. In half-breadth plans the waterlines are smooth curves showing the shape of the ship; in profile plans they a re projected as straight lines
Category: - Maritime

Watertight - So riveted, caulked, or welded as to prevent the passage of water.
Category: - Maritime

Wave - In meteorology, the intersection of warm and cold fronts.
Category: - Weather

Ways - Timbers, etc., on which a ship is built or launched.
Category: - Maritime

Weather - State of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness. Also, weather is the meteorological day-to-day variations of the atmosphere and their effects on life and human activity. It includes temperature, pressure, humidity, clouds, wind, precipitation and fog.
Category: - Weather

Weather Deck - A deck exposed to the weather.
Category: - Maritime