An old name for high waves when they break with a white crest.

Privilege to use the rate producing the lowest charge.

Practice of loading iron ore cargoes into every alternate hold, leaving the remaining holds empty.

Nautical name for an argumentative person.

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.

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

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.

Sequence of letters and numbers, unique to each ship by which ships can be identified.

Metal bolts with an eye in the end.

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

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

Underwriters Lab.

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.

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

Resting on the surface of the water.

The act of striking or collision of a moving vessel against a stationary object.

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

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

A forceful resistance to recognized authority. A refusal to obey a legal order of a superior officer is also considered mutiny.

(1) As a command, it means to go in the direction indicated, e.g., "Lay foward" (go up) or "Lay alow!" (come down). (2) Of a line or rope, it refers to the direction in which the strands are twisted. (3) Lay the course: able to fetch a given point when cl ...