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

That part of a shaft or axle that rotates or angularly oscillates in or against a bearing or about which a bearing rotates or angularly oscillates.

A floating island of ice. Only one-ninth of the total mass of an iceberg is visible above water level.

A container fitted with a means of forced air ventilation.

A deck exposed to the wind and sea.

Sailing with the tiller over to leeward by force of the wind

Finite Element Analysis.

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

Rules for letters of credit drawn up by the Commission on Banking Technique and Practices of the International Chamber of Commerce in consultation with the banking associations of many countries. See Terms of Payment.

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

Alternatively letting the sails draw, then spilling wind so as to keep a vessel more or less in one place until space is available, marking time.

Term applied to the direction of the wind when it is favorable to the course being steered.

A pin placed through the head of a rudder to prevent it from being lost.

A ported or closed cover for the end of a filter element.

Front of a container or trailer - opposite the tail.

Location where shipment begins its movement.

The top of a mast.

Is the ratio of the polytropic compression energy transferred to the gas to the actual energy transferred to the gas.

An inspection cover or port in an air receiver tank.

On square-rigged ships, the blocks attached to those yards on which studdingsails were set.