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Having no sails up. In heavy weather the windage of the mast and other spars can still be enough to move the boat.

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Dining room facilities and kitchen for crew separate from the passenger dining room and kitchen.

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A gauge that measures air flow as a percentage of capacity, used in rotary screw compressors as an estimator during modulation controls.

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Boat carried at davits on quarter of ship, and kept ready for immediate use when at sea.

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To haul in or bind something together in order to create more space.

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The part of the rotating element of a dynamic compressor that imparts energy to the flowing medium by means of centrifugal force. It consists of a number of blades mounted so as to rotate with the shaft.

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The white froth on the crests of waves.

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Transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container leaves a rail or water terminal.

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

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A depth measuring device.

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Is the ratio of the computed isentropic temperature rise to the measured total temperature rise during compression.

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A stationary vessel carrying a light used for navigation, serving the same purpose as a lighthouse.

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A line used to tighten the leech of a sail, helping to create proper sail shape.

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Six feet. Comes from the Dutch word "fadom" which was the distance between fingertips of outstretched hands.A unit of measurement relating to the depth of water or to the length of line or cable; one fathom is 6 feet or 1.83 meters

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A lubricating oil made with synthetic base stocks.

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An air flow caused by a fan that draws air through the heat exchanger core in a uniform pattern to dissipate the sensible heat.

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

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To haul in until the line has a strain upon it.

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A deck exposed to the wind and sea.

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Combination minimum pressure valve and check valve.

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