Reservation number used to secure equipment and act as a control number prior to completion of a B/L.

Insoluble material suspended in the lubricating oil. This material may come from contamination or oil degradation.

To decorate a ship with flags in celebration of certain occasions.

ACRONYM - Canadian Standards Association

The ability to convert energy into other forms, such as heat or chemical reaction, so that it can be retrieved for later use. Also the development, design, construction and operation of devices for storing energy until needed. Technology includes devices ...

A container with no sides and frame members at the front and rear. Container can be loaded from the sides and top.

A measurement. Parts per billion

A point of sail where the boat is sailing away from the wind, but not directly downwind; Sailing with the wind coming from any direction from abeam to on the quarter, with the bow approximately 135 degrees to the wind source and the sails let out nearly a ...

An area of low barometric pressure. The wind circulates clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. Generally these are bad weather systems.(2)A severe recession over a lengthy.

When rope comes aboard a vessel and is put to use, it is called line, although some still call it rope if it is over one inch in diameter.

The space between any decks.

Seaman who was born aboard a warship. As this was once considered to be one of the essentials of the perfect seaman, it has long been a complimentary term.

Steady regular winds in a belt approximately 30

A liquid piston compressor is a rotary compressor in which a vaned rotor revolves in an elliptical casing, with the rotor spaces sealed by a ring of liquid rotating with it inside the casing.

To run a line completely through and out of a block, fairlead, etc.

Maximum pressure a vessel, or air filter housing will withstand without bursting.

An extension to the tiller allowing the helmsman to steer while hiking. This may be desired for improved visibility or stability.

The rules concerning which vessel has the right of way if there is a possibility of collision between two or more boats; written to prevent accidents and collisions; includes right of way, lights, pennants, and whistle signals

Introduction to a Charter Party