A sail placed forward of the mast, such as a jib; the sail set from the foremast on a schooner; the lowest square sail on the foremast of Square Riggers.

Water service between two coasts; in the U.S., this usually refers to water service between the Atlantic and Pacific or Gulf Coasts.

A contract term meaning both parties agree to provide something for the other.

The deck chest in which the bos'n keeps his deck gear.

The mechanical power required to compress polytropically and to deliver, through the specified range of pressures, the gas delivered by the compressor.

An arc of a circle in which certain types of navigational lights known as sector lights are visible.

An outrigger used to hold a block clear of a mast or of the ship's side.

Is another term for saturated vapor pressure.

The removal of heat from the air or gas between stages.

Windward side of a vessel.

Making a ship just as it is about to sail.

To give the steersman the de-sired course to be steered.

Air at a temperature of 68

Shanties are the work songs that were used on the square-rigged ships of the Age of Sail. Their rhythms coordinated the efforts of many sailors hauling on lines.

Energy which a substance possesses because of the motion and configuration of its atoms, molecules, and subatomic particles.

Sailing too close to the wind

A board-shaped swinging vane, controlled by a tiller or wheel, and attached to the rudderpost or stern for steering and maneuvering a vessel.

The weight of water vapor in the air vapor mixture per pound of dry air.

Single tariff item, established to move multiple commodities needed for a specified project, usually construction.

A moment of time which could be measured by the shaking of a sail as a sailing ship comes into the wind.