Costs that do not vary with the level of activity. Some fixed costs continue even if no cargo is carried. Terminal leases, rent and property taxes are fixed costs.

The side-to-side (athwartship) motion of a vessel.

Wind-bound. When a vessel is kept in port by a head wind.

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.

A tall cone shaped navigational buoy.

A person who arranges for transportation of loads for a percentage of the revenue from the load.

The assembly connecting the crankcase and connecting rod to the cylinder head and piston rod for translating circular to linear motion.

The power which is theoretically required to compress a gas under constant entropy from a given inlet pressure to a given discharge pressure. (calculated assuming ideal conditions).

A measurement. Parts per billion

An occasional sprinkling dashed from the top of a wave by the wind, or by its striking an object.

General term used to denote all activities connected with the catching of fish by any means.

Long Ton = 1016.05 kilogram

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 draft to which no documents are attached.

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

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

A heavy longitudinal timber that angles upward from the stern to support the underside of the fantail.