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

This type of clause covers merchandise if the damage amounts to three percent or more of the insured value of the package or cargo. If the vessel burns, sinks, collides, or sinks, all losses are fully covered. In marine insurance, the word average describ ...

The quantity of contaminant a filter element can trap and hold before the maximum allowable back pressure or delta P level is reached.

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.

A government document which permits the "Licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.

Environmental contaminant that ingresses due to the action of the system or machine.

A container fitted with a rear door and a minimum of one side door.

A person in command of a ship. A person certified as competent to command a ship. A master mariner.

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

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

On gaff-rigged sailing vessels the luff of the mainsail is secured to the mast by wooden hoops, which slide up or down the mast as the sail is raised or lowered.

Funds sent by one person to another as payment.

The left side of a vessel when looking forward.

Said to contain.

A block and tackle attached to the boom and the deck to prevent the main from gybing when sailing downwind

A knot formed by taking the strands of the end of a line and tucking them over and under each other to prevent them from unraveling.

To sail as close as possible to the wind. Some boats can point better than others, sailing closer to the wind.

A slang name for a bullying officer on a ship.

Small line used for whipping other light duties.