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Green and red lights on the starboard and port sides of the boat required for navigation at night. Each light is supposed to be visible through an arc of 112.5

Category:Sea Words

Structural members on the longitudinal sides of the base of the container.

Category:Sea Words

A high efficiency silicon photovoltaic concentrator cell that employs light trapping techniques and point-diffused contacts on the rear surface for current collection.

Category:Energy Terms

To give the steersman the de-sired course to be steered.

Category:Sea Words

A bank account which offers a number of facilities including cheque book for debt.

Category:Financial Terms

Type of shackle designed to take several eyes connected to several lengths of chain.

Category:Sea Words

A condition of filter element loading in which contaminant spans the space between adjacent sections of a filter element, thus blocking a portion of the useful filtration.

Category:Sea Words

Metric Tons. Unit of weight : metric tons of 1000 kilograms.

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A water and energy conserving device that limits the amount of water that a faucet or showerhead can deliver.

Category:Energy Terms

A type of furnace or reactor in which fuel particles are combusted while suspended in a stream of hot gas.

Category:Energy Terms

A soft, black, mayonnaise-like deposit which is typically an emulsion of oil, water, and oil insolubles.

Category:Sea Words

A certificate, issued by a building society or bank (in accordance with Section 352 of the Income.

Category:Financial Terms

The yield on a security purchased at a price below its face.

Category:Financial Terms

On square rigged ships, lines or cables attached to the ends of each yard; these are used to pivot (brace) the yards around the mast at different angles to the fore-and-aft line of the ship to make the most of the wind..

Category:Sea Words

Resistance to flow. Defined as the difference in pressure upstream and downstream.

Category:Sea Words

A system of reefing a sail by partially furling it. Roller furling systems are not necessarily designed to support roller reefing.

Category:Sea Words

A verb with a variety of meanings. To round in is to haul in quickly; to round up is to bring a sailing vessel head into the wind; to round down a tackle is to overhaul it; to round a mark is to pass a racing mark.

Category:Sea Words

Adjustable stays used to support and control tension on the mast when the wind is from abaft the beam; temporary backstays used to stabilize the mast and prevent undue flexing due to the pumping action of the sea.

Category:Sea Words

The permanent ownership of land or buildings which can be legally passed on to heirs and the most.

Category:Financial Terms

Radiation with wavelengths less than 4 microns.

Category:Meteorology