Also rubbing strake or rub strake. An applied or thickened member at the rail, running the length of the boat; serves to protect the hull when alongside a pier or another boat.

Is the unique temperature to which the air (or any gas) must be cooled in order that it shall be saturated with respect to ice.

A pneumatic device with a rotary output. Typically of a vane or rack-and-pinion construction.

To ascertain the proper course to be steered to make the desired point or port. Shark's mouth

To bring a sailing vessel to a stop with her sails still set. This can be accomplished on a square rigged ship by bracing the yards aback on her foremast; on fore-and-aft rigged boats it is done by bringing her head into the wind so that the sails are no ...

The westerly distance in an arc from Aries, measured as an angle at the pole or as the intercepted arc of the equinoctial between the hour angle of Aries and the hour angle of the body.

A hard-chined dinghy with flared sides, considered a useful weight-carrying work boat.

A buoy secured to a permanent anchor sunk deeply into the bottom.

A small boat designed to be rowed by use of its oars. Some dinghies are rowboats.

Is the saturation pressure at the critical temperature. It is the highest vapor pressure that the liquid can exert.

A transportation arrangement in which truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to a destination. Also known as Rail Pigs.

Fresh water mixed with sea water, having a density between 1,000 and 1,026 kg/cm3

Of, relating to, or using air. Moved by air pressure. Filled with compressed air.

To bind together in order to increase tension or to prevent from blowing loose.

The joining of two timbers by beveling the edges so the same thickness is maintained throughout the length of the joint.

A watertight cockpit with scuppers, drains, or bailers that remove water.

The after rail at the stern of a ship. Also called a Pushpit

Resistance to flow. Defined as the difference in pressure upstream and downstream.

A dust-collection chamber containing numerous permeable fabric filters through which the exhaust gases pass. Finer particulates entrained in the exhaust gas stream are collected in the filters for subsequent treatment/disposal.

Abbreviation for "Currency Adjustment Factor." A charge, expressed as a percentage of a base rate, that is applied to compensate ocean carriers of currency fluctuations.