The officer in charge of the watch.

Complementary equipment for terminal and over the road handling containers.

The short aftermost raised deck of a vessel.

Lloyds open form

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A pointed spar driven into the bottom and projecting above the water; when driven at the corners of a dock, they are termed fender piles.

The forward mast of a boat with more that one mast

The distance between frames.

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

Part of the standing rigging that helps to support the mast laterally by running from the top of the mast to the side of the boat. Sailboats usually have one or more shrouds on each side of the mast. Some people call them side stays

To cause a break in the hull which may sink the vessel; the vessel is then called stove.

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.

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Division of the circumference of the magnetic compass card into thirty-two points, each of 11

On a square-rigged ship, a light weather sail set next above the topgallant-sail in fair weather.

The most important commercial measurement when the intrinsic weight of the cargo is so low that the ship becomes full without being loaded to the cargo line. Is expressed in cubic metres or cubic feet.

In spray painting applications, a sealed paint cup with a paint gun which puts a measured amount of air pressure into it. This then forces the paint to the gun for atomization.

Pipe lines to a compartment for smothering a fire by steam or by a chemical.

The interaction between the stages of a centrifugal compressor. When a multi-stage compressor is designed, each stage can operate at only one point its characteristic curve. The point is determine by the design conditions of temperature, flow and pressur ...

(1) Clear, not tangled. (2) sailing free: a vessel is sailing free when her sheets are eased. (3) running free: to sail with the wind from astern.