Running a compressed air system at a higher than needed pressure.

The way a boats spars and sails are arranged. To rig a vessel is to fit her with masts, spars, sails and running and standing rigging; term is also used to mean the setting up a device, e.g., to rig a lifeline, a tackle, etc

A traditional maritime saying to indicate that it is time for a morning drink, it was generally assumed that in northern latitudes the sun would show above the foreyard of a ship by 11.00 which was approximately the time in many ships of the forenoon "sta ...

Sailing in the same direction as the wind with the wind coming from the stern.

Illegal passenger who hides himself on board a ship in order to gain free passage or to escape from a country.

Air pressure

A formula of the specific factors or elements that control the making of a rate. A rate can be based on any number of factors (i.e., weight, measure, equipment type, package, box, etc.).

A method of moving a boat with oars. The person rowing the boat faces backwards, bringing the blade of the oars out of the water and toward the bow of the boat. They then pull the oars through the water toward the stern of the boat, moving the boat forwar ...

A multihulled boat with three hulls.

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

Screen of cloth or other material to give the crew protection against the weather, wind and water spray.

A method of storing a sail, e.g., by rolling the jib around the headstay.

A measurement applied to filters or filter media to indicate the particle size at which suspended solids above that size will be removed.

A position based on estimations of a boat's position using estimated speed, currents, and the last known position/fix - of the boat.

A device invented by Captain Jacques Cousteau in 1943 to enable a diver to operate underwater independent from an air supply from the surface.

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.

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To unload a shipping container.

A short period at the turn of the tide. The time between flood and ebb tides when there is no current flow.

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 ...