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

A bunk which runs under the cockpit

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

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

To lie at anchor; to ride out; to safely weather a storm whether at anchor or underway.

A preparatory order (wait

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

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

A position of a flag when lowered part way in salute (method of salute between vessels, like planes dipping wings).

A government document declaring designated goods to be shipped out of the country. To be completed by the exporter and filed with the U.S. Government.

The acting of one person on behalf of another; a document authorizing one person to act on behalf of another.

(1) Small boat for one or two rowers. (2) Small fishing vessel with foresail, boom mainsail, and mizzen trysail.

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.

Net volume actually displaced by the compressor piston at rated machine speed, generally expressed in cubic feet per minute (usually CFM). For multistage compressors, the piston displacement of the first stage only is commonly stated as that of the entire ...

Abbreviation for "Subject to Particular Average." See also Particular Average.

Steady regular winds in a belt approximately 30

1,728 cubic inches. A volume contained in a space measuring one foot high, one foot wide and one foot long.

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 ...

A non-negotiable bill of lading which states a specific identity to whom the goods should be delivered. See Bill of Lading.

(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