Open ocean sailing

Ice broken into pieces, and projecting very little above sea level.

(1) A spar. Such as a pole used to position a sail (e.g., spinnaker pole or whisker pole, which serves the same purpose for a jib). (2) One of the two points around which the earth spins, known as the north and south poles.

The piece of board on which a man working aloft is swung.

The portion of the flow stream which has already passed through the system or the portion of the system located after a filter or separator/filter.

A layer of dust built up on an air filter.

Surface which forms a shore-based interface with ships.

The measurement of the angle between the bottom of a boat and its widest beam. A vessel with a 0

Said of a line that leads from its point of attachment towards the bow of the ship.

A mobile container-handling crane used to load/unload containers to/from railcars.

Machines in which compression is effected by the positive action of rotating elements.

Legendary opportunists who lured vessels onto shoals during nights when there was no moonlight to illuminate the coastline.

Structural members on the longitudinal sides of the base of the container.

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

A bullying and tyrannical officer; he would drive his crew by brutality and the power of his fists.

Adjustable stays used to support and control tension on the mast when the wind is from abaft the beam; temporary backstays used to stabilize the mast and prevent undue flexing due to the pumping action of the sea.

Windward side of a vessel.

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

The capacity for floating.

Short ton