A pillar or handhold on a boat - Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.

The act of taking a ship on the high seas from those lawfully entitled to it.

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

A belt and line or wire used to help a crew hike out beyond the edge of a boat to counteract the boat's heel. Usually used on small vessels for racing.

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

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

The pressure containing stationary element that encloses the rotor and associated internal components of a compressor, including integral inlet and discharge connections.

Is a process taking place under constant temperature. To compress the gas from state 1 to state 2, heat must be removed to keep the temperature constant. The pressure change is reciprocal to the change in specific volume.

(1) A knot used to secure a line to another object such as a ring or cylindrical object or to another line; (2) Common term for an enlistment.

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.

The method by which a racing yacht may object to the actions of a rival on the basis of a breach of the racing rules. A protest committee will hear both sides, and if the protest is upheld, the offending yacht may be penalized.

Sufficient movement through the water to allow the boat to be controlled and steered by the rudder.

To double a vessel's mooring lines.

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

Seller is responsible for the cost of placing the goods at a named point of exportation. Some European buyers use this form when they actually mean FOB vessel.

Lloyds open form

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

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