A minor who has been bound by indentures to serve a shipowner for a specified period - usually three or four years - in return for instruction in the duties of a deck officer, together with food, accommodation, and such money payments as may be agreed.
Umntwana obanjwe ngemvumelwano ebhaliweyo ngoqesho ukuba ancede ekubeni ngumphathi nqanawa kangangexesha elithile idla ngokwenzeka kwiminyaka emithathu okanye emine -xa ebuya ngokomyalelo emsebenzini wokuphatha kumgangatho enqanaweni kunye nokutya,nendawo yokuhlala, kunye neemali ezihlawulwayo ngokwezivumelwano