To fill in the seams with cotton or oakum.

Cost of unloading a vessel is borne by the charterer.

A chaplain.

A rotating device, with two or more blades, that acts as a screw in propelling a vessel. Sometimes called a screw.

Placed at right angles to the keel, such as a transverse frame, transverse bulkhead, etc.

Chemical species slated to replace CFCs in the near future.

Removing cargo from a container (devanning).

The total electrical power input to a compressor, including drive motor, cooling fan, motors, controls, etc.

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

Used to describe a light that blinks on and off, where the period of light is shorter than the period of darkness separating the flashes.

Near or toward the shore

Hinged extension of the tiller which allows the skipper to control the tiller while hiking or sitting forward.

On wooden vessels, the frames or ribs of a ship, connected to the keel, which give shape and strength to the ship's hull.

The forward curve of the stem of a ship.

Slang sailing expression for a piece of metal or shroud that can cut or stab you.

That part of the total stroke which can be utilized repeatedly in actuator applications. It is measured starting at the compressed height and is the difference between the compressed height and the actuator height limit.

To remove a reef from a sail and hoist the sail aloft

The compressor is started automatically, depending on demand. Control panel is energized with no "pre-start" cycle required, as pre-lubrication pump and buffer (seal) air are always "on". A state of pre-start exists. Steam turbine compressors are "slow-ro ...

The transverse partition between the cockpit and the cabin.

(1) Generally something wrong or difficult (2) To be tangled (line) or in turmoil (air); to entangle or obstruct (3) In racing, a rules infraction