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

A slang name for a bullying officer on a ship.

A rest for a cargo-boom when lowered for securing for sea.

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).

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

Sailor's term for being about to get married, a splice being used to join two ropes together.

Said to contain.

An old seafaring dish made of boiled oatmeal seasoned with salt, sugar, and butter.

A sail plan in which the main and/or mizzen, or the foresail of a schooner, is of triangular shape, very long in the luff and set from a tall mast. This is almost now universal in all sailing yachts.

Person authorized by transportation lines to publish tariffs or rates, rules, and regulations for their account.

A call to turn out of bunks.

Any system, usually block & tackle or hydraulic, used to hold the boom down. This is useful for maintaining proper sail shape by exerting a downward pull on the boom, particularly when running or on a broad reach.

The tallest mast; the forward mast of a yawl or ketch; the mast furthest aft on a schooner

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

Federal Maritime Commission. The U.S. Governmental regulatory body responsible for administering maritime affairs including the tariff system, Freight Forwarder Licensing, enforcing the conditions of the Shipping Act and approving conference or other carr ...

A location where one carrier delivers freight to another carrier.

A short length of rope secured at one end, and used in securing or checking a running rope, e.g., deck stopper, boat fall stopper, etc.

Two or more bearings are noted on the chart in order to determine the ship's position at the intersection of the two

A watertight covering, usually small, that may be removed so the interior of the hull can be inspected or water removed.

Heat exchangers for removing the heat of compression between stages of a compressor.