A board that can be raised and lowered by pivoting in a watertight box called the trunk or well to increase the draft and lateral area of the hull, preventing the boat from sliding sideways. Unlike a daggerboard, which lifts vertically, a centerboard pivo ...

Port of initial Customs entry of a vessel to any country. Also known as First Port of Call.

The speed needed for a boat to begin planing.

To cast off all but one remaining line.

Wind coming from the south.

To measure the depth of the water with a lead. Also said of a whale when it dives to the bottom.

A materials handling/storage facility used for completely unitized loads in containers and/or empty containers. Commonly referred to as CY.

Solar energy conversion technologies that convert solar energy to electricity, by heating a working fluid to power a turbine that drives a generator. Examples of these systems include central receiver systems, parabolic dish, and solar trough.

PSI - Pounds per square inch.

The spiral grooves between the strands of rope after it has been laid up.

The ship's funnel or smokestack.

An anchor which has become entangled with some object on the bottom, or, on weighing, has it's rode or chain wound around its stock or flukes.

elegant, luxurious. Originally an acronym for Port Over Starboard Home. Created by British travelers to India or Australia, describing the preferred accommodations aboard ship, which lessened effects of the tropical sun on the cabins during the voyage.

Blowdown.

A tax credit aimed at anyone with a child under 16, regardless of their marital status. The.

The department in the London Stock Exchange which is responsible for the Regulatory News Service.

(1) The flag traditionally flown by pirate ships. (2) The name given by sailors to the bubonic plague, whose victims were said to turn black.

Placing a container where required to be loaded or unloaded.

To bleed is the operation of draining any water out of a buoy which may have seeped inside after long use at sea.

On steam vessels has responsibility for the boilers, on diesels, the evaporators and the auxiliary equipment.