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

Also known as PM, maintenance performed according to a fixed schedule involving the routine repair and replacement of machine parts and components.

The capacity for floating.

Cabin; sleeping compartment.

A bridge that swings away from the waterway so that boats may pass beside it.

To stow or secure in a safe place. A top-mast is housed by lowering it and securing it to a lowermast.

Still, seaworthy, able.

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

A form requiring all data in a commercial invoice along with a certificate of value and/or a certificate of origin. Required in a few countries (usually former British territories) and usually serves as a seller's commercial invoice.

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

Is a compression in which the temperature of a gas remains constant.

The metal axle of a block upon which the sheave revolves.

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

Short ton

Refers to the shape of a boat's (usually power boat) hull. A deep V hull is usually good at cutting through rough waves at high speeds.

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

A charge for delaying a steamer beyond a stipulated period.

Long wave formations during calm or light air formed by waves running into shoaling water

Wood boards used to cover the ribs, frames, deck or hull of a wooden vessel.

Sailing too close to the wind