Any system, usually block & tackle or hydraulic, used to hold the boom down. This is useful for maintaining proper sail shape by exerting a downward pull on the boom, particularly when running or on a broad reach.

The swell of a ship's hull around the propeller shaft.

Water that is suitable for drinking, as defined by local health officials.

The process of designing a solar system to meet a specified load given the solar resource and the nominal or rated energy output of the solar energy collection or conversion device.

A panel which covers the underside of an roof overhang, cantilever, or mansard.

A term used when money is borrowed in a foreign.

A nautical guy, often a negative connotation.

Shipper's communication(s) to its agent and/or directly to the international water-carrier. Instructions may be varied, e.g., specific details/clauses to be printed on the B/L, directions for cargo pickup and delivery.

Maintenance performed after a machine has failed to return it to an operating state.

See Brokerage.

People resident and domiciled in the UK are liable to income tax from their world-wide income.

The interaction between the stages of a centrifugal compressor. When a multi-stage compressor is designed, each stage can operate at only one point its characteristic curve. The point is determine by the design conditions of temperature, flow and pressur ...

(1) Clear, not tangled. (2) sailing free: a vessel is sailing free when her sheets are eased. (3) running free: to sail with the wind from astern.

A tube inside a domestic water heater that distributes the cold water from the cold water supply line into the lower area of the water heater where heating occurs.

Additional days which may be allowed by a company to a debtor over and above the due date for.

In the US, an insurance policy taken out on the life of a company executive or senior employee whose.

The settings on a pressure switch used to either load or unload the air compressor on a constant speed application, or start or stop the compressor on a start/stop application. The cut out pressure is also known as the maximum pressure, or the point at wh ...

A sea running in a direction contrary to the wind, which can be confused and dangerous.

A synthetic rubber frequently used for vessel and liquid filter element gasket.

Waves breaking over rocks or shoals. A wave that approaches shallow water, causing the wave height to exceed the depth of the water it is in, in effect tripping it. The wave changes from a smooth surge in the water to a cresting wave with water tumbling d ...