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

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Light-weight foresail similar to a spinnaker but set without a pole.

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Fresh bread.

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(1) To stop moving. (2) Usually air travels smoothly along both sides of a sail, but if the sail is not properly trimmed, the air can leave one of the sides of the sail and begin to stall. Stalled sails are not operating efficiently.

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A dynamic compressor. A machine in which air or gas is compressed by the mechanical action of rotating vanes or impellers imparting velocity and pressure to the air or gas. In a centrifugal compressor, flow is in a radial direction. Air enters the compres ...

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is one in which a portion of the original system energy is dissipated and cannot be returned to the system through its own operation. The system and/or surroundings cannot be returned to their original state.

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Short lengths of line attached to the sail used to tie the extra sail out of the way when reefing.

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A boat with one hull.

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SOS

A distress call made by a vessel requiring assistance. These three letters were chosen because they were easy to make and read using Morse Code. Some believe the letters meant "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls".

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CFM. An airflow measurement of volume.

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Air or vapor given off or expelled as a byproduct or result of an operation or treatment process.

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The anti-corrosive paint used on and above the waterline.

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Is that pressure of either the motive fluid or of the ejector gas discharge which causes an ejector to become unstable.

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

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A two-masted vessel with foremast square rigged, and mainmast fore and aft rigged. Originally, a ship of brigands, or pirates.

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To come up more into the wind

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When a container or vessel has reached its volumetric capacity before its permitted weight limit.

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A marine hardware store.

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To gain hydrodynamic lift, causing the boat to lift, rising slightly out of the water so that it is gliding over the water rather than plowing through it, reaching speeds in excess of those normally associated with its waterline length.

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Response to an offer which varies the terms or conditions of that offer.

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