Extending a sail using a whisker pole

On square-rigged ships, an additional sail set in good weather outside the square sails when the wind was abaft the beam.

Putting cargo into a container.

A fitting around the propeller shaft to keep the bearing lubricated and to keep water out of the boat.

The packing arrangement for maintaining fluid tight an opening in a buklhead or cylinder through which a rotating shaft or a piston operates.

Said to weigh.

Are the connections between the headers and the work station.

Depending upon as a condition

To put in place of another; i.e., when an insurance company pays a claim it is placed in the same position as the payee with regard to any rights against others.

An extent of corrosion such that assessement or corrosion pattern indicates a wastage in excess of 75% of the allowable margins, but within the acceptable limits.

Originally, to suck rum from a coconut, the end of the nut resembling a monkey's face. Later, illicitly to suck spirit from a cask, usually through a straw. Also called Bleed the Monkey.

This is the pressure found on the suction side of a refrigeration system.

A wharf licensed and attended by Customs authorities.

Small pump for shower drainage

A traditional maritime saying to indicate that it is time for a morning drink, it was generally assumed that in northern latitudes the sun would show above the foreyard of a ship by 11.00 which was approximately the time in many ships of the forenoon "sta ...

A slang name for a bullying officer on a ship.

This is a factor expressing deviation of a gas from perfect gas laws.

Here are a few old superstitions of seamen: (1) When a ship was launched or about to sail on a long voyage, a libation was offered to the gods of the sea by pouring wine upon the deck so that good fortune would accompany the ship. (2) Flowers carried on b ...

Any raised portion of a vessel/s hull above an upermost continuous deck such as a poop, bridge or forecastle and extending from side to side of the vessel.

A logistical management system which integrates the sequence of activities from delivery of raw materials to the manufacturer through to delivery of the finished product to the customer into measurable components. "Just in Time" is a typical value-added e ...