The lifting power. It may be measured by the volume of a watertight hull above the load water line.

Also stability sail or riding sail. Any small sail set to help the boat maintain its direction without necessarily moving, as when at anchor or in heavy weather.

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 ...

Filtering device used to remove the solid debris from the cooling water.

A rope passed around (center) a boat or other object for hanging.

Electrical power converter; converts square-wave DC current to sine-wave AC current

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

Loose ends of line left hanging over a ship's side.

A port where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and stuffed into containers but then moved to another coastal port to be waded on a vessel.

A set of four twistable bayonet type shear keys used as part of a spreader to pick up a container or as part of a chassis to secure the containers.

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

A platform and protective coaming setting high up on a mast, to accommodate the look-out aloft while the ship is at sea.

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

The posted bill showing stations of the crew at maneuvers and emergency drills.

An opening in a deck, cockpit, toe-rail or gunwale to allow water to run off the deck and drain back into the sea.

The place to which a shipment is consigned.- The place where carrier actually turns over cargo to consignee or his agent.

The most commonly used lubricating oil for compressors.

The tendency in a boat to keep an upright position or to return to it when careened over.

Abbreviation for "Destination Rail Freight Station." Same as CFS at destination, except a DRFS is operated by the rail carrier participating in the shipment.

The difference between the maximum extended height and the compressed height of an air actuator.