| LEEBOARD | Movable plate attached to the hull of a sailing boat, used for steering when the wind is blowing on the opposite side (8) |
| CARLA | Learner plate attached to vehicle by a woman |
| OTTERBOARDS | A pair of metal plates attached to a trawl net to keep it open (5,6) |
| OVERCOAT | "Button up your ... when the wind is free; Take good care of yourself, you belong to me" |
| SMACK | A single-masted sailing boat used for coasting or fishing (5) |
| YACHT | Medium-sized sailing boat used for cruising or racing (5) |
| BARNACLE | Item attached to the hull, maybe |
| GALE | Starts guzzling beer when the wind is up (4) |
| ONTHEUNDERSIDE | In other words, attached to the hull (2,3,9) |
| SHALLOPS | Old light sailing boats used for coastal fishing or as tenders (8) |
| MOONPOOL | In the oil industry, an opening in the hull of a ship through which drilling takes place (4,4) |
| TACK | Equestrian kit and saddlery collectively; or, an alignment of a sailing boat to the wind (4) |
| HYDROFOIL | A fast, light vessel, the hull of which is raised out of the water (9) |
| TILLER | Handle or helm fixed to a sailing boat's rudder post for steering; or, the balance between the two limbs of a crossbow (6) |
| STRAKE | Line of planking in the hull of a wooden ship (6) |
| INBOARD | Within the hull of a ship or boat (7) |
| ENCL | Within the hull of a ship (abbr) (4) |
| BELOWDECKS | In the hull of a ship |
| ABEAM | Across the hull of a ship (5) |
| BRIGGS | Mathematician who developed John Napier's work on the logarithm; or, the author of When the Wind Blows and Ug (6) |
