Term for a seaman's short leave from his ship, permitting him to go ashore for the day or night.

Sailing on a run with the wind coming over the stern from the same side as the boom (danger of jibing).

A mast that is stepped (placed) on the deck of a boat rather than through the boat and keel stepped. The mast of a deck stepped boat is usually easier to raise and lower and are usually intended for lighter conditions than keel stepped boats.

Metal bolts with an eye in the end.

Quantity of gas actually compressed and delivered to the discharge system at rated speed of the machine and under rated pressure conditions.

Ship supplies.

Underwriters Lab.

A line on the compass aligned with the centerline of the vessel that indicates the vessel's compass heading. Since it points to the vessel's bow, it enables a course to be steered by bringing the lubber's line to the point on the compass card which indica ...

Holding oars at right angles to fore and aft line of boat with blades horizontal and parallel to surface of water.

Any fixed object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radiobeacons, and lighthouses, and to indicate safe and unsafe waters.

Describes the pressure drop through a component and is the difference in pressure between two points.

Nautical name for an argumentative person.

A representative of a government commission or agency vested with power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, take testimony, and conduct hearings of cases submitted to, or initiated by, that agency. Also called Hearing Examiner.

A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. A mixture of individual gases. The gaseous mixture surrounding the earth. Standard density of dry air free of carbon dioxide (0

The interval between full moon and change of moon and the highest high tide.

A cargo consolidator in ocean trades who will buy space from a carrier and subsell it to smaller shippers. The NVOCC issues bills of lading, publishes tariffs and otherwise conducts itself as an ocean common carrier, except that it will not provide the ac ...

A steam boiler on a ship deck used to supply steam to deck machinery when the main boilers are shut down.

An anchor engine used for heaving in the chain cable and anchor.

A triangular topsail set above the mainsail in a gaff-rigged vessel.

A line rove through a single block secured aloft.