To retire from a life at sea and settle ashore.

Sink by filling with water.

A popular term used for an evaporative cooling device.

Vertical bulkhead for restricting flow of oil or water due to rolling or pitching of a vessel.

Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull

Various means for allowing LNG tanks to expand and contract due to temperature changes by sliding on the tank supports while restricting its movement due to the motion of the vessel.

Salt Water Departure Draft

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To haul on a rope, to haul up tight, to hoist the last possible inch or so.

To drag the bottom for an anchor. Also, large oars used in small vessels to force them ahead.

A kind of winch, which is applied on sweep/survey ship for receiving/ throwing and towing the sweeping apparatus and hawser, and performing of sweeping the sediments under sea.

Succession of long and unbroken waves that are not due to meteorological conditions in the vicinity. Generally due to wind or storms at a distance from the position.

A large wave.

In reference to a wind energy conversion device, the area through which the rotor blades spin, as seen when directly facing the center of the rotor blades.

term mainly used by companies selling small compressors because it makes their compressors look bigger than they really are. The swept volume is the actual displacement of the piston, forgetting such losses as bumping clearances, valve clearances, ring lo ...

This is an inter-bank communication system and stands for Society For Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications. It runs in much the same way as telex, except every message is sent in a standard way. This allows the banks' computers to read the mes ...

The evolution of swinging a ship's head through several headings to obtain compass errors for the purpose of making a deviation table.

A bridge that swings away from the waterway so that boats may pass beside it.

The distance a boat can move around its anchor. Swinging room is important because if other boats or objects are within a boat's swinging circle they may collide.

Swing of the boom from one side of the ship to the other when the tack is changed.