The operation of rinsing out a cask to prepare it for new contents. Casks were once the primary means of carrying on board the necessary water and victuals.

The top of a wheelhouse, forecastle, etc., having the form of a turtle's back.

A set of wheels that support the front of a container; used when the automotive unit is disconnected.

A type of air circulation in a container. In top air units, air is drawn from the bottom of the container, filtered through the evaporator for cooling and then forced through the ducted passages along the top of the container. This type of airflow require ...

A structure of wooden or metal supports that make up the mounting for a ship's engine.

A deck crew member who is subordinate to the Able Bodied Seamen.

Leave the vessel.

A red and white vertically striped buoy used in the United States to mark the middle of a channel. Midchannel buoys may be passed by on either side.

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

A metallic pad, usually embedded in concrete, on which the compressor feet are mounted.

Knees placed in the forward part of a vessel, across the stem, to unite the bows on each side. (See PLATE 3.)

Kept in a neat seaman-like manner.

One complete turn of the line around a cleat, spar or another line.

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

The space provided for stowage of provisions or other materials.

There is no such thing on a boat! See Fender.

The forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail

A small, heavy triangular loose-footed sail fitted aft of the mast and used primarily in very strong winds.

An imaginary line around the center of the earth at 0

When the two blocks of a tackle have been drawn as close together as possible.