A charting technique in technical analysis that, among other things, indicates the range of a day's.

A policy which covers the insured against the loss of an asset. The purpose of the insurance is to.

A hydropower plant that is operated at maximum allowable capacity for part of the day and is either shut down for the remainder of the time or operated at minimal capacity level.

An instrument which measures combined direct solar radiation and diffuse sky radiation. See pyrheliometer, Robitzsch actinograph. solarimeter. See also albedometer.

The distance a boat can move around its anchor. Swinging room is important because if other boats or objects are within a boat's swinging circle they may collide.

An additional keel secured outside the main keel, usually as protection in the event of grounding.

To turn the boat head-to-wind so as to go about on the opposite tack

The energy in foot pounds required to compress adiabatically and to deliver one pound of a given gas from one pressure level to another.

A bond which was issued at a rating of AAA to BBB (investment grade) which has since fallen in.

In the US, a federal tax levied on gifted property, money or securities. The tax is payable by the.

Engine Room

Cloths hung on the lee side of a berth to keep one from rolling out of their bunk

A seal used to prevent the leakage of fluids, and also maintain the pressure in an enclosure.

The process by which materials expel or release gasses.

A triangular fore-and-aft sail carried on a stay. A sail that is set on a stay, and not on a yard or a mast. On a cutter this is the sail located between the jib and the main sail

The top point of the line about which the earth rotates.

Energy produced by the conversion of biomass directly to heat or to a liquid or gas that can be converted to energy.

Place where a ship should report when passing i.e. when approaching a port.

Federal Communications Commission Rules governing radio equipment and operation in the United States.