Well, there are two ways to board a ship. The first is legally, usually getting permission from the captain to be aboard his/her ship. This is done by lowering a plank or something from a dock to the ship which basically acts like a ramp to allow passengers to board the ship with ease. The other is illegally in which the captain or crew does not allow the person to board the ship and this can be done with a hook (where a small vessel latches on to the side of the ship being boarded which allows the people to get aboard). There are other ways you can board a ship that aren't cleared by the captain, but that would be the most common one to see.
Embark.
Embarking
He is boarding up the windows to prepare for the storm. (verb)I will rent a room in the boarding house. (adjective)The cruise ship will be boarding this evening. (verb)
Embarking. Getting off the ship is referred to as disembarking. :)
YES you have to pay to enter any boarding school unless on a scholar ship.
The nouns in the sentence are ship and minutes.
Boarding: The act of passengers getting aboard a ship or aircraft
The gangplank is the flat board that temporarily leads from the dock to the side of a ship, used for boarding or disembarking the ship.
Roger Chillingsworth is following them for revenge and is boarding their ship to England.
The crew didn't want anyone boarding the ship who was ill with an infectious disease.
There was a big crowd at the dock to see the people boarding the ship.
Boarding, launching, entering, plunging into, setting out...
boarding