Abbreviation for "Cubic Meter" (capital letters).

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A four sided sail bent onto a yard. Similar to a gaff sail, but with a wider throat.

A brace, usually triangular, for reinforcing a corner or angle in the framework of a structure.

An old method of cleaning a vessels bottom by burning off weed, barnacles or other growth while the vessel was in dry dock or careened. Breaming was also known as graving.

Entire weight of goods, packaging and freight car or container, ready for shipment. Generally, 80,000 pounds maximum container, cargo and tractor for highway transport.

LPG or propane for short. Propane is a common fuel used for cooking and heating. CNG natural gas is considered safer because propane is heavy than air and will sink into the bilge if it leaks, creating the potential for an explosion. Propane is more easil ...

An old salt I know uses this term in reference to a "tangled mess of lines".

Anchor is off the sea bottom when being heaved in .

The distance from the surface of the water to the main deck or gunwale.

A U-shaped fitting closed with a pin across the open ends, the pin sometimes being threaded at one end and sometimes held in place with a cotter pin, and used to secure sails to lines or fittings, lines to fittings, fittings to fittings, anchors to chain, ...

A metal appliance consisting of a thread and screw capable of being set up or slacked back and used for setting up on rigging.

Old seafaring term meaning something very difficult or awkward. see Devil

Liquefied Petroleum Gas, or a carrier of LPG.

An expression used to the crew to indicate that the boat is about to tack.

Electro-mechanical steering device; an instrument designed to control automatically a vessel's steering gear so that she follows a pre-determined track through the water.

A course steered by the compass that has been corrected for variation and deviation

The mast aft of the mainmast in a sailing ship - the shorter mast behind the main mast on a ketch or yawl, or the third aftermost mast of a three-masted schooner or square-rigged ship.

Old Latin name for the south wind.