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Welcome aboard matey … I can guess from the

fact that you’re reading this that you’re the new

cabin boy on board. I guess I should tell ya what

they call me – me mates call me Mum and I am a

pirate cook. In my time I have seen many young

would-be buccaneers confused by life onboard ship.

To remedy this problem I do hereby pen this guide

to help young sailors become old salts and seasoned

deck hands. In purchasing this here guide you have

taken your first step in going from a simple cabin

boy to a full-fledged scurvy buccaneer. Who

knows, one day if you master the talk and learn the

knots in this guide you might become captain one day

or even, dare I say it, the ship’s cook.

The Cabin Boy’s

Pocket

Your Mate

MuM

Mum, Pirate Cook

Pirate

Hand Book

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Table of Contents

Nautical Terms and Pirate Slang .. 3

Essential Knots for any Sailor … 10

Weapons of a Pirate ……………. 15

Types of Ships ………………….. 18

The Jolly Roger ……………….... 26

The Pirates Code ………………... 29

From the Galley ………………….36

Nautical Terms and

Pirate Slang

Having lived at sea for many years, I realized that

among sailors, and especially on a pirate ship,

seamen speak a language of our own. It is a

complicated language based around relating

commands, orders and common observations to the

ship itself. Among pirates, slang terms based on

corruptions of foreign tongues and nicknames for

common items are also used. With all this nautical

language and unique slang being tossed around it is no

wonder young sailors often find it hard to

understand even the simplest orders. So that ye

never have this problem I will list here the most

common nautical terms and pirate slang that ye will

run into on board ship.

Authors

Editor

Christopher Baldi “MuM”

Carol Baldi

Carol Baldi

Artists

All the art in this book came from free sources.

We thank the artists for posting their art for use.

Nautical terms

Aft: The rear part of the ship.

Amidships: The center of the ship along the line of

the keel.

Belaying Pin: A wooden or metal pin used to

hold ropes and keep the rigging tight.

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Bilge: Space at the bottom of the ship’s hull where

Gaffing Hook: A sharp metal hook on a wooden

handle used to guide cargo, grab rigging and

hoist fish onboard.

Galley: The ship’s kitchen.

Gangplank: A removable bridge that is used to load

and unload the ship at port.

Gun Deck: The deck below the main deck of a ship

where the cannons are located.

Headsail: Head sails are any sails in front of the

fore-mast. These sails are usually

triangular in shape and attach to the

bowsprit.

Hull: The body of the ship. Often used to refer

to where the cargo is stored on the ship.

The term can also be used to refer to any

part of the ship that is below the deck.

Jigger-Mast: The very rare fourth mast of a

ship. It is located aft of the mizzen-mast and is

usually very small in comparison to the

other masts.

Keel: A foil on the bottom center of the ship to

provide stability.

Larboard: An older term for the port side of a

water collects and must be pumped out.

Bow: The front part of the ship that cuts through

the water.

Bowsprit: A spar that extends from the end of the

ship’s bow.

Bulkhead: Upright walls within the hull of a ship

used to divide it into sections.

Capstan: A round barrel-like device the anchor

chain is coiled around.

Cleat: A metal device used to fasten smaller lines

onboard ship and to moor a ship when at

port.

Crow’s Nest: A platform at the top of the mast

for a lookout.

Deck: Covering over the ship’s hull. Used to mean

any solid part of the ship where cargo is not

stored.

Draft: The ship’s draft is how deep under the

water line the ships hull extends. The

shorter the draft the shallower in the water

the ship can sail.

Fore: Another term for the front part of the ship.

Fore-Mast: The ship’s first mast or the mast in

ship. This term’s origins are found in a

front of the main-mast. It is usually

corruption of the Norse term for loading

shorter than the main-mast and is where the

side, since this was the side of the ship that

head sails are attached.

cargo was loaded on. This term is not

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often used since when yelled it can easily be

mistaken for starboard.

Main-Mast: The tallest mast, usually located near

the center of the ship.

Marlinspike: A metal spike used to fray the ends of

rope for splicing.

Mast: A vertical pole used to hold the sails and

rigging.

Mizzen-Mast: The third mast it is usually located

aft of the main-mast and is shorter than the

fore-mast.

Pin Rail: A wooden rail usually around a mast or

on the port and starboard sides of a ship that

contain several holes that are evenly spaced

and are designed to fit belaying pins.

Poop Deck: The deck located above the aft cabin

of the ship where the mizzen-mast is located.

Port: The name for a place to dock and transfer

cargo. The term is also used to refer to the

left side of the ship if you stand facing the

bow (front) of the ship. Traditionally, this

side of the ship faces the port when

anchored and contains the gangplank.

Quarters: The ship’s living area.

Rigging: The ropes on the ship used to hang the sails

Rudder: Device used to steer the ship. The rudder

consists of a movable flat wooden paddle at

the rear of the hull.

Sails: Large sheets of heavy canvas used to propel

the ship.

Spar: A round beam used to hold rigging and sails,

also called a yard.

Starboard: The right side of the ship if you stand

facing the bow (front) of the ship.

Traditionally, this side of the ship faces out

from port and originally was where the

rudder was mounted. This term’s origins

are found in a corruption of the Norse

term for steering side.

Stern: The rear part of the ship where the rudder

is located.

Transom: The transom is the wood that forms the

aft or the back of the ship.

Wheel: The ships wheel is a device used to control

the rudder.

Weather Deck: Any deck that is exposed to the

weather.

Yard: A cross beam used to hang sails on a mast.

Yardarm: The outermost tips of the yard where

the lifts used to rise and lower the yards are

and climb the spars of the ship.

attached.

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Pirate Slang

About: Turn around.

Ahoy!: Hello!

Aloft: Climb the rigging or raise up the rigging.

Avast!: Hey, stop, stay or desist; this slang comes

from the Dutch word for “hold fast.”

Aye, Aye!: Yes, I understand.

Bail: To remove water from a ship by pump or

bucket.

Belay: Stop, cease or shut up. Also used to mean

fasten a line or rope.

Booty: Any form of loot.

Cat: A cat-o’-nine-tails whip. A whip with nine

short lasses used for flogging.

Fathom: A depth of six feet.

Gangway!: Get out of the way!

Grog: Rum, usually very watered down. This

slang comes from the nickname given to a

British admiral who was fond of drinking.

Handsomely: Work or move quickly.

Heave-away!: Pull up the anchor.

Landlubber: A non-sailor.

Leeward: Away from the direction the wind is

blowing

Poxed: Diseased or ill.

Press-Gang: A group of sailors that kidnaps men

for service at sea.

Scuttle: To sink a ship.

Sheets: The ships sails.

Swab: To mop or clean.

Common Phrases

Cast off!: To leave port.

Dance the hempen jig: To hang. Hemp rope was

often used for hangmen’s nooses.

Davy Jones’ locker: The bottom of the sea. The

resting place of sailors that die at sea.

Handsomely now!: Hurry up.

Rope’s end: Another way to say a flogging.

Shiver me timbers: An expression of shock or

surprise.

Swab the deck: Mop the deck.

Walk the plank: To be thrown over-board.

Weigh anchor!: Raise the anchor

Yo-Ho-Ho: Pass the rum, mate.

A Pirate by Any Other Name

Brethren of the coast: A name pirates call

themselves.

Buccaneer: Pirates from the Caribbean.

Corsair: Pirates of the Barbary cost.

Privateer: A pirate that works for a government.

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