CFM flowing through the compressor inlet filter or inlet valve under rated conditions

A deck exposed to the wind and sea.

To let out a line or sail slowly; to slacken or relieve tension on a line; to take pressure off.

To go aboard the vessel; to put onboard a vessel.

Circular iron band used to hold a bowsprit on the stem of a sailing vessel.

A support fixed on the front part of a chassis (which is retractable); used to support the front end of a chassis when the tractor has been removed.

The compression of an air actuator (air spring) below its design height.

To untie.

A salt or ester of carbonic acid.

Ropes hung and used for assistance in ascending and descending.

Uncharted navigational danger that has been reported but has not been verified by survey.

Those frames of a ship's hull which are equal in area, one forward and one aft of the ship's center of gravity.

Cargo which has been booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded before the vessel sails. See also "Windy Booking."

The bearing of an object after magnetic variation has been considered, but without compensation for magnetic deviation.

Cargo landed in excess of the quantity on manifest.

A machine employing two or more stages.

A line led to a sail, but is not currently in use. The line currently in use is known as the working sheet. Usually the working and lazy sheets change when the boat is tacked.

The windward side (from where the wind is blowing).

A bulkhead that will not let water pass from one side of it to the other.