Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels.

Transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container leaves a rail or water terminal.

Sails that are not properly arranged for the point of sail that the boat is on. The sails may be luffing or have improper sail shape, or the boat may be heeling too much. These conditions will slow the boat down.

Not properly trimmed or ballasted (not on even keel; listing).

To sail closer to the wind than another boat on the same tack.

A discontinuance of electric power supply.

Towards the sides of the vessel (with reference to the centerline).

A propulsion system for boats with an inboard engine operating an exterior drive, with drive shaft, gears, and propeller; also called stern-drive and inboard/outboard.

The outside plating of a vessel.

The process by which materials expel or release gasses.

A control line that adjusts tension along the foot of the sail, pulling the clew away from the tack; used to maintain proper sail shape.

A structure which extends outboard beyond the edge of the hull for some special purpose. Some Polynesian canoes use outriggers to support an "ama" or small secondary hull, while fishing boats may use outriggers to suspend lines or nets over the water. ...

Air that is taken from the outdoors.

The heat-transfer (exchanger) component of a heatpump, located outdoors, from which heat is collected in the heating mode, or expelled in the cooling mode.

Heating a metal or alloy to such a high temperature that its properties are impaired. When the original properties cannot be restored by further heat treating, by mechanical working, or by a combination of working and heat treating, the overheating is kno ...

The extreme deck fore and aft measurement of a vessel.

Cargo discharged in excess of the quantity on the manifest.

Aging under conditions of time and temperature greater than those required to obtain maximum change in a certain property, so that the property is altered in the direction of the initial value.,/dd>

To charge more than the proper amount according to the published rates.

Dangerously steep and breaking seas due to opposing currents and wind in a shallow area.