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Is the piping between the compressor and the aftercooler, the aftercooler separator and the air receiver.

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The point where the stem joins the forward end of the keel.

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A port free of customs duty and most customs regulations.

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

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The process of connecting a moving rail car with a motionless rail car within a rail classification yard in order to make up a train. The cars move by gravity from an incline or "hump" onto the appropriate track.

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(0.2+0.02 log10(Vc)) Vc (4d/3D)2, for passenger ships the following formula is added: 1.25 (GT+10000)/10000 (N1+(N2/10)), where Vc is the volume of cargo holds, D is the distance between ship's bottom and the uppermost deck, d is the draught N1 is the num ...

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Confined to an anchorage or haven through being unable to proceed because of stormy weather.

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

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Erecting the mast on the boat. The Mast Step is a fitting which supports the bottom end of the mast at the deck or keel.

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Charge made for local hauling by dray or truck. Same as Cartage.

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LT

Long Ton = 1016.05 kilogram

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The left side of a vessel when looking forward.

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A chaplain.

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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 ...

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A sleeping berth or bed.

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Daily; occurring once a day.

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

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Logistics Over The Shore.

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

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To mark a course on a chart.

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