- unman
- unreeve
- unrig
- unship
- unwhipped
- upset
- variable
- veer
- victualling
- vessel
- victualler
- wake
- vitals
- warp
- watch
- watch-bell
- watch-light
- waft
- waif
- warning-gun
- wash
- watch-boat
- water
- water-plane
- waterlogged
- way
- weather
- weigh
- whisker buoy
- wind-bound
- well
- wharfage
- wheel-rope
- wherry
- whip
- wigwag
- wing
- work
- whiff
- wig-wag
- woken
- westing
- wharf
- wharves
- woke
- wreck
- wreckage
- xebec
- yard
- yellow flag
- yeoman