Is the lowest temperature to which oil must be heated under standardized test conditions to drive off sufficient inflammable vapour to flash when brought into contact with a flame. Flash points of petroleum based lubricants increase with increasing pressu ...

Used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast on a square rigged ship.

An auxiliary engine used for furnishing power for a variety of small mechanical chores.

To steer the boat more into the wind, thereby causing the sails to flap or luff.

Leave the vessel.

The tender of one lot of cargo at one time from one shipper to one consignee on one bill of lading.

Putting cargo into a container.

Transportation from one city to another as differentiated from local switching service.

The penalty a seller must pay if the construction project does not meet contractual standards or deadlines.

Kept in a neat seaman-like manner.

An individual with specific knowledge of a harbor, canal, river or other waterway, qualified to guide vessels through the region. Some areas require that boats and ships be piloted by a licensed pilot.

An electrical discharge caused by certain atmospheric conditions, which takes place around the rigging. Known by many other names, it was regarded by many superstitious seamen as a favorable omen, foretelling the end of stormy weather. And others believed ...

British standard pipe parallel.

This is the pressure found on the suction side of a refrigeration system.

A flat bottomed, blunt nosed dinghy (or small boat).

A term which describes the rising of warm air above cold air when two air masses of different temperatures, humidity and pressure meet.

States that the volume of a gas, at constant temperature, varies inversely with the pressure.

Speed or velocity of current (2) The leeway, or movement of the boat, when not under power, or when being pushed sideways while under power

A compressor control mechanism designed to control performance output of the compressor to the demands of the plant process.

Time after which legal claims will not be entertained