DEFINITIONS (link to follow)

Red Marker: Left side of the channel going down stream

Green Marker: Right side of the channel going down-stream

Locking-up: When a water vessel uses a lock to go up river.

Locking-down: When a water vessel uses a lock to go down river.

Port: Left

Starboard: Right

Stern: Back

Bow: Front

Fore: Front

Aft: Back

One Whistle: Passing port-to-port

Two Whistles: Passing starboard-to-starboard

Keel Haul: What the captain orders done to a misbehaving crewperson (ask Michael or look it up on the internet).