Small lines used to tie the sails when they are flaked or furled.

This type of clause covers merchandise if the damage amounts to three percent or more of the insured value of the package or cargo. If the vessel burns, sinks, collides, or sinks, all losses are fully covered. In marine insurance, the word average describ ...

The space between the two sides of the shell of a block in which the sheave is fitted.

Occurs whenever the system undergoes either a change in state or an energy transfer at a steady stare.

Shallow keels, usually placed in conjunction with or in place of a center keel. Attached to each side of a vessel, they provide lateral resistance and stability, as well as support the weight of the hull of the ship on the ways when launching, or when in ...

A spar which projects forward from the bow of some boats, and extends the sail plan by allowing the headsails to be secured further forward.

(1) A longitudinal crack in a mast or other spar. (2) The shivers of a sail when sailing too close to the wind. (3) As a verb, to let it out.

Small charts showing tidal stream directions and rate of flow.

A draft that matures at a fixed or determinable time after presentation or acceptance.

A marine insurance term meaning that the assurer will not allow payment for partial loss or damage to cargo shipments except in certain circumstances, such as stranding, sinking, collision or fire.

Cost of unloading a vessel is borne by the charterer.

Free air delivery. Air at the atmospheric conditions of the site and unaffected by the compressor. Flow is measured at the discharge valve of the compressor, after the aftercooler, the water separator and built in check valve. Capacity and power consumpti ...

An itemized list of goods shipped to a buyer, stating quantities, prices, shipping charges, etc.

The left side of the ship.

A navigational aid used in the United States and Canada to mark a channel. Green triangular daymarks should be kept on the left when returning from a larger to smaller body of water.

Funds sent by one person to another as payment.

A seaman's personal "painter" is his lifeline, and if it is severed, he dies.

Equipped to extract petroleum, e.g. oil production ship.

Chemical species slated to replace CFCs in the near future.

Pieces of timber bolted to the hounds of a mast, to support the trestle-trees.