(1) A wind shift further forward relative to the boats direction or heading. (2) A bar or angle under a deck the same size as deck beams. It is used around stair openings in deck, small hatch openings, or at dead end of longitudinals.

A charge made for lifting articles too heavy to be lifted by a ship's normal tackle.

(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.

Hoisting the ensign at 8 a.m. and down at sunset.

A naval rank next below that of admiral.

To reeve and secure a stopper (hold a strain on a line while transferring it).

When the wind shifts toward the bow. Opposite of lifted.

Weight of the goods alone without any immediate wrappings, e.g., the weight of the contents of a tin can without the weight of the can.

A list of navigational lights arranged in geographical order, giving the position and characteristics.

Forty Foot Equivalent Units (Containers).

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

A coupling pin centered on the front underside of a chassis; couples to the tractor.

Said of a vessel when she is shipping water on deck and it is running off through scuppers and freeing ports.

Also saloon; the main social cabin of a boat

Is the property of a substance that gauges the potential or driving force for the flow of heat.

The swiveled opening at the top of a ventilator.

The operation of bringing two lines together; term also applied to other objects.

The condition when a perfect gas is isentropically compressed, and the gas inlet temperature and also the amount of work spent is the same for each stage.

A container designed with openings in the side and/or end walls to permit the ingress of outside air when the doors are closed.

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 ...