Without sufficient crew.

Small birds that foretell bad weather and bad luck.

A draft payable upon presentation to the drawee.

A piece of equipment designed to lift containers by their corner castings.

All matter consists of molecules which are in constant motion, but which are held together by molecular forces. In a solid the molecules are closely packed and arranged in such a pattern that the influence of the molecular forces is very strong. This give ...

Canvas or wood seat attached a halyard to raise and lower someone to work on the mast

Is the temperature at which moisture begins to condense in a compressed air system.

The difference in pressure between the opening pressure and reclose pressure of a valve. May be expressed in percentage of set pressure or "psig".

A small wooden box, with lock and key, in which seamen keep sentimental valuables, stationery, and sundry small stores.

The headway a vessel makes when luffed in the wind; the distance a sailing vessel will shoot up to windward when brought head to head in the act of tacking.

A clumsy and unskilled man.

see Chanty.

To come up more into the wind

Contracts with berth CIP. NOR can be given when within commercial limits of the port

freezing of a piston ring in its groove in a piston engine or reciprocating compressor due to heavy deposits in the piston ring zone.

A sudden squall of wind accompanied by lightning.

A common measurement of the internal volume of a ship with certain spaces excluded. One ton equals 100 cubic feet; the total of all the enclosed spaces within a ship expressed in tons each of which is equivalent to 100 cubic feet.

A nautical astronomical observation of the sun, moon, or a star, by which means a vessel's position can be determined. The sight was taken with a sextant at a specific time, determined by a chronometer.

First voyage of a ship.

Any bend or hitch which slips as a result of being improperly tied; an improvised knot which is not a recognized maritime knot as used at sea.