Small boat carried on the vessel and used in case of emergency.

Assault upon a seaman, by Master, while at sea.

A lighted or unlighted fixed (non-floating) aid to navigation that serves as a signal or indication for guidance or warning. (Lights and daybeacons both constitute "beacons.")

An apparatus consisting of a small, polished, stainless steel cup placed in a container into which is passed the sample gas. The temperature of the polished surface is lowered by immersing dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) in an acetone solution contained in ...

Change from a run to a reach

A hole in the hull for mooring lines, cable, or chain to run through.

A device that removes solid contaminants, such as dirt or metal particles, from a liquid or gas (air is a gas), or that separates one liquid from another, or a liquid from a gas. The term filter describes the complete unit ... housing, filter element, int ...

Sea water used for ballast, let into the double bottom, or into a water-ballast tank, or trimming tanks.

Structural pieces running fore and aft between the beams.

A filter unit that combines three principles to filter out oil aerosols: 1) Direct interception - A sieving action, 2) Inertial impaction - Collision with filter media fibers, 3) Diffusion -Particles travel in a spiral motion, presenting an effective fron ...

A gigantic sea animal.

A small local current usually caused by tidal streams as they ebb and flow around or against obstructions.

A propeller that can have the pitch of its blade changed to reduce drag when not in use.

(1) The condition of a vessel stranded on a reef or a rock when the seas break over her deck. (2) Half drunk; incapacitated by drink.

The length of the boat at the waterline.

Short for compressed natural gas or CNG. A type of compressed gas used as fuel for stoves and heaters. CNG is stored in metal cylinders prior to use. CNG is considered safer than other types of fuel such as propane LPG - because it is lighter than air and ...

To assemble passengers and/or crew.

The part of a rotating element that counteracts any inherent thrust developed by the impellers.

A keel that is narrow and deeper than a full keel.