A gun used in the life-saving services to throw a life line to a ship in distress or from ship to shore and used when a boat cannot be launched.

Said of a line that leads from its point of attachment towards the stern of the ship.

The line that controls the angle of the mainsail in its relation to the wind.

The direct sailing line in which a racing mark or buoy can be fetched while sailing the desired course

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:

A compressor belonging to the group of dynamic compressors. Characterized by having its flow in the axial direction.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Pressure before an orifice or nozzle, downstream of compressor discharge.

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

See Ship's Port Agent

Kilopascal; a metric measure of pressure based on force per unit area. (1 kPa = 4.01 inches of water).

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

An electronic communications or direction finding system which uses Very High Frequency radio waves. VHF radios are the most common communications radio carried on boats, but their range is usually limited to line of sight between the transmitting and rec ...

A mythical creature, half human and half fish.

The tendency of the strands of a line to fray out at the ends.

To remove from a ship. To remove an item from its place.

A loop or hole which is spliced or tied on the end of a line

To drive before a gale, with no sail, or only enough to keep the vessel ahead of the sea. Also, low, thin clouds that fly swiftly before the wind.

A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom.

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 line by which a boat is connected to a mooring buoy; a short rope hanging from a spar having at its free end a spliced thimble or a block. Sometimes called "Pennant".