The same as FOB named inland carrier, except the seller pays the freight charges of the inland carrier.

A term used in options trading. It is a straddle using options with different exercise prices, where.

Straps to hook your feet under in cockpit when hiking out.

A method of financial and economic analysis used to determine present and future values of investments or expenses.

The ratio of the sum of the noncoincidental maximum demands of two or more loads to their coincidental maximum demands for the same period.

A solar heating system that uses a liquid as the heat transfer fluid.

A unit of pressure [hydraulic (liquid) or pneumatic (gas)] that does not include atmospheric pressure.

A person in command of a ship. A person certified as competent to command a ship. A master mariner.

A device actuated by inlet static pressure and designed to open during an emergency or abnormal condition to prevent a rise of internal pressure in excess of a specified value.

See Advance Payment Guarantee, Bid Bond/Guarantee, Performance Bond/Guarantee.

A vertical support for guardrails and lifelines.

That amount of time that a carrier's equipment may be used without incurring additional charges. (See Storage, Demurrage or Per Diem.)

An adiabatic compression with no increase in entropy; a reversible-adiabatic compression.

The line-of-sight distance between two objects.

(1) Shallow water. (2) An underwater sand bar or hill that has its top near the surface.

A type of structural, insulated product with foam insulation contained between two facings of drywall, or structural wood composition boards such as plywood, waferboard, and oriented strand board.

The amount of power density in sunlight received at the earth's surface at noon on a clear day (about 1,000 Watts/square meter).

A heavy longitudinal timber that angles upward from the stern to support the underside of the fantail.

When rope comes aboard a vessel and is put to use, it is called line, although some still call it rope if it is over one inch in diameter.

A knot with two half hitches loops - on the standing part of the line.