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Frisian Shipyard Welgelegen. Netherlands

Tween Decker

Two or more people owning property. In the event of the death of one of the tenants, the property.

Numbers of large pieces of floating ice that have come together and lie more or less in contact.

A solar water or space-heating system in which solar energy is collected, and/or moved by natural convection without using pumps or fans. Passive systems are typically integral collector/storage (ICS; or batch collectors) or thermosyphon systems. The majo ...

Substance formed as a result of corrosion

An indicator that signals pressure conditions.

Narrow triangular sail set on a long yard or spar, the forward end of which is hauled down so that it sets obliquely on the mast with a high peak.

If Used

Special Safeguard (In Agreement on Agriculture)

A very strong sail used in stormy weather. It is loose footed, being attached to the mast, but not the boom. This helps prevent boarding waves from damaging the sail or the rigging.

The amount of heat that a material can absorb and store.

Rope made of the fibers of the hemp plant and used for small stuff or less than 24 thread (1.75 inch circumference). (Rope is measured by circumference, wire by diameter.)

A drogue or drag device to slow down a boat, hold its bow into the sea in heavy weather, and reduce the boat's drift downwind.

A person or company owing money to another person or company. A company is therefore owed money by.

Half of a sphere. On the globe hemispheres are used to describe the halves of the earth north or south of the equator.

Merchant Navy nickname for seaman whose turn of duty it is to keep the mess clean.

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

(1) Order to men at the mast to extend themselves at intervals along a yard. (2) To keep a vessel at a certain place until a specified time has elapsed.