To store a yacht away on land for the winter

Mesh is the number of openings in a square inch of screen or sieve. It is equal to the square of the number of strands of metal or plastic screening per lineal inch. Standard US mesh screen # 16 equates to a 1.19 millimeter particle diameter, mesh size #4 ...

A wind shift that allows a boat to sail above its mean wind course.

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

A large foresail which extends aft behind the mast.

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

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

At a considerable distance.

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 ...

Compressors of 20 HP or less, generally combined with all the components required to put the into operation.

The fitting which connects the boom to the mast.

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 prisoner sold in the slave market. He was forced to serve in the war galleys, where he pulled on one of the oars.

Pockets in a sail where battens can be placed to stiffen the sail.

A short piece of rope secured in the bow of a small boat used for making her fast.

Forty Foot Equivalent Units (Containers).

A sail set forward of the foremast on the headstay; a foresail

Sailing vessel with three or more masts. Square rigged on foremast, fore and aft rigged on all others.

Flow of air under specific conditions required at a particular point.