A metal fitting on the mast that the stays attached to the mast; a fitting on the mast for securing rigging.

The horsepower required to isothermally compress the air or gas delivered by the compressor at specified conditions.

Long Ton = 1016.05 kilogram

Small charts showing tidal stream directions and rate of flow.

Transverse members fitted to the bottom side rails of a container, which support the floor.

Micrometer or one millionth of a meter; micron is sometimes represented in filtration by the Greek letter

A law limiting the time in which claims or suits may be instituted.

The area of sea not under the sovereignty of nations with a seaboard.

Said of a vessel when water level has fallen from the level at which she would float, so she would be aground and need to wait for the next tide before re-floating. Also said of the water that has receded and caused a vessel to go aground.

A dimensionless flow parameter, ( Jnr/m), in which J is a significant dimension, often a diameter, n is the fluid velocity, r is mass density, and m is dynamic viscosity, all in consistent units.

A call to turn out of bunks.

An order to hold a vessel on the course she is heading.

On square-rigged ships, a small light square sail set above the skysail in fair weather. If the sail were triangular, it would be called a Skyscraper.

A ship owned and armed by a private individual that is empowered by a government to fight with enemy ships and capture enemy shipping in time of war.

(1) The land in general, but usually refers to that part adjacent to the water. (2) A timber used in damage control to brace bulkheads and decks. (3) One of the many wooden props by which the ribs or frames of a vessel are externally supported while build ...

To leave; to push a boat away from a pier or vessel's side.

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.

The bearing which supports the propeller shaft where it emerges from the ship.

all material and energy present in and around an operating system, such as dust, air moisture, chemicals, and thermal energy.

(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