The fluid entering a component.

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

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

The stationary seating surface, the inlet of a valve.

An imaginary line around the center of the earth at 0

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

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

The most commonly used lubricating oil for compressors.

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

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

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.

Cycles per minute - a unit of measure of the frequency of any vibration.

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

A mast that is in place is stepped.

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