Canvas, cloth, leather, tubing, rubber or other material placed around a line or cable to protect it from wear and abrasion

The renting of a boat

Synonymous for all practical purposes with "Intermodal."

The pressure that would be produced by stopping a moving stream of liquid or gas.

The line of longitude 180 degrees opposite Greenwich, England, located in the Pacific that marks the date change

The number of revolutions per minute of the compressor shaft.

see Turnbuckle

The place at which a shipment is received by a carrier from the shipper.

A clumsy and unskilled man.

A nautical guy, often a negative connotation.

A sudden squall of wind accompanied by lightning.

Snappy, seamanlike; a smart ship is an efficient one.

To ease away slowly, as in a line, sheet, or falls of a tackle.

The last part of a rope or last link in an anchor chain.

A built in mechanical device to recover a portion of the power consumed by a constant speed centrifugal compressor when operating at reduced capacity or reduced pressure rise, or both.

The North Star; visible in the northern hemisphere and indicates the direction of north. In the southern hemisphere the Southern Cross is used to find the direction of south.

Sails that lie in the direction of the ship's length and whose luffs abut the masts or are attached to stays.

The speed needed for a boat to begin planing.

The tendency of a boat to move sideways in the water instead of along its heading due to the motion of currents or currents.

A flexible strip used for fairing lines.