Drydocking, beaching, or careening a vessel and carefully examining the bottom with a view to ascertaining any damage it may have.

Caught in the ice.

A device that transfers heat by the continuous evaporation and condensation of an internal fluid.

A wharf licensed and attended by Customs authorities.

The rate of energy transfer equivalent to one ampere under an electrical pressure of one volt. One watt equals 1/746 horsepower, or one joule per second. It is the product of Voltage and Current (amperage).

A rain gauge which automatically records the amount of precipitation collected, as a function of time.

Towards the center line of a ship (towards the center).

Assessment model for Coastal and Marine Environments.

Continuous Survey of Machinery

Method of settling disputes which is usually binding on parties. A clause usually in a charter party.

Resilient Light Beacon.

A device used to hold liquid-in-glass maximum and minimum thermometers in the proper recording position inside an instrument shelter, and to permit them to be read and reset. See Townsend support.

Carriage and Insurance Paid To

Heavy Weather

Areas of the ocean lying between the mostly westerly winds of the higher latitudes, and the trade winds. These areas usually have prolonged calms, and in the older days of sail it could take quite a while to clear out of this area, by which time the seame ...

A device consisting of a heat transfer system, a moisture elimination system and a refrigeration system designed to improve the quality of the air and reduce the temperature of the air.

The opening up the back (aft) edge of the mast in which the mainsail luff rope slides when it is hoisted. Some masts have an external sail track.

Money received by an individual as a salary, or from investments. Cash deposits and bonds will.

Sundays, holidays excluded

The art and science of designing vessels.