Fittings on the mast to which the forestay and shrouds attach.

Length of rope whose ends are joined together so that it forms a loop.

A device for applying a fine spray by compressed air.

(1) To lean over to one side, due to wind pressure on the sails or crew on the side; The amount that a boat is tipped over side-to-side, relative to its normal horizontal position. (2) The after end of a ship's keel. (3) The lower end of a mast.

Heat exchangers for cooling air or gas discharge from compressors. Designed to reduce the temperature and liquefy condensate vapors. Both air cooled and water cooled units are available.

Namely. Used in tariffs to specify commodities.

A reef in a spanker or fore-and-aft mainsail, which runs from the outer head-earing, diagonally, to the tack. It is the closest reef, and makes the sail triangular, or nearly so.

An electrical current that periodically reverses its direction. Standard in US and Canada is 60 cycles per second. Europe and other countries is 50 cycles per second.

A large circular ocean current.

An arbitrary filter efficiency rating.

The ability of a seaman to foretell weather by the appearance of the sky, change of wind direction, etc. was handed down in the form of proverbs. Some well known are:

the attraction to, and retention of particles in, a filter medium by electrostatic forces, or by molecular attraction between the particles and the medium.

Kilowatt hour - A unit of work, being the work done in one hour at the rate of 1,000 watts.

A crack or hole that accidentally admits a gas or lets it escape.

Hollow vessel of iron, steel or wood, that is filled with water and sunk under a vessel. When water is pumped out, the buoyancy of the camel lifts the ship. Very valuable aid to salvage operations.

A movable block and tackle used on board for a variety of purposes, including the handling of cargo in holds.

In the Far East, a warehouse where goods are stored and delivered.

Also known as a steaming light. The masthead light is a white light that is visible for an arc extending across the forward 225

The ratio in percentage of the time that the equipment is in operation to the total working time.

A region of shallow water usually made of sand or mud, usually running parallel to the shore. Bars are caused by wave and current action, and may not be shown on a chart