1. The Island of the Blue Dolpins by Scott O'Dell
1.1. Galleons: large sailing weapons
1.2. Cormorants: large web-footed sea birds
1.3. Kelp: Coarse, brown seaweed
1.4. League: Three nautical miles
1.5. headland: a high point of land or rock extending into a large body of water
1.6. Coral
1.7. Canoe: a small boat propelled with a paddle
1.8. Otter: freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
1.9. Capsize: When a ship overturns
1.10. Mast: a vertical spar for supporting sails
1.11. Anchor: a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
2. careen: to turn a ship on its side in order to clean or repair it
3. foresail: lowest sail set on the foremast of square-rigged ship
4. halyard: rope or tackle for hoisting and lowering sails
5. waveson:goods floating on the sea after a shipwreck
6. Books based on Nautical themes
6.1. Into the Raging Sea by Rachel Slade
6.2. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
6.2.1. leviathan: monstrous sea creature symbolising evil in the Old Testament
6.2.2. aft: near or toward the stern of a ship
6.2.3. Albatross: a large, web-footed bird found chiefly in the South Seas; a burden
6.2.4. Archipelagos: A group of islands
6.2.5. Ballast: anything heavy carried in a ship to give stability.
6.2.6. binnacle: upright, cylindrical stand holding the ship's compass.
6.2.7. Boom: a spar (pole) extending from a mast to hold the bottom of a sail outstretched.
6.2.8. Taffrail: The rail around the stern of the ship
6.2.9. stunsail: studdingsail, an auxiliary sail designed to increase speed in light winds.
6.2.10. smack: a small sailboat, usually rigged as a sloop with only mainsail and jib.
6.2.11. spermaceti: a white, waxlike substance taken from the oil in the head of a sperm whale, used to make candles, cosmetics, or ointments.
6.2.12. skrimshander: scrimshaw, intricate carving of whalebones.
6.2.13. shoal:a large group or school of fish.
6.2.14. mainyard: the lowest rod or spar on the mainmast, from which the mainsail is set.
6.2.15. larboard: the left-hand side of the ship as one faces forward; also called port.