The measure of seasonal or annual efficiency of a heat pump operating in the heating mode. It takes into account the variations in temperature that can occur within a season and is the average number of Btu of heat delivered for every watt-hour of electri ...

The quantity of heat produced to change a unit weight of a liquid to vapor with no change in temperature.

An independent financial adviser whose income is derived from fees charged to customers rather than.

A projecting aperture at the end of a tube, pipe etc. serving as an outlet for compressed air. Reduces the demand on the compressor by generating the highest thrust and volume for the lowest possible air consumption.

The date by which a shareholder must own shares in order to qualify for a.

European Sea Ports Organisation

To remove or disassemble gear after it is used.

Also VMG. Actual boat speed after adjusting for such factors as current and leeway.

Name given to the unit of pressure in the International System of Units (SI). Equal to 1 newton/meter2 or 0.01 millibar.

See inhibitor

A piece of trim, usually wood, used to cover and often decorate a portion of the boat, i.e., caprail.

Corrosion in which cobalt is selectively leached from cobalt-base alloys, such as Stellite

Slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

International Marine Contractors Association

Prince William Sound

The average level of the oceans, used when finding water depths or land elevations.

Arrival at land

A furnace/combustion chamber in which finely ground fuel is blown in spirals in the combustion chamber to maximize combustion efficiency.

Electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength than visible radiation but longer than x-rays, between 0.02 and 0.4 micron (200 and 4000 angstrom).

Splitting (fracture) of a crystal on a crystallographic plane of' low index.