The most common type of sail used today, a triangle-shaped mainsail defined by the mast and one horizontal boom perpendicular to the mast.

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

Metal strip and lead fastener used for locking freight car or truck doors. Seals are numbered for record purposes.

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

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 ...

Steel disc, that is dogged down over a porthole to secure against breakage of the glass and to prevent light from showing through.

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

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 ...

ACRONYM - National Pipe Thread standard. A description of a specific pipe thread

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

At a considerable distance.

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

Said of cable when it extends vertically and taut from anchor to hawsepipe.

A means of purifying an air stream by using both gravitational and centrifugal forces.

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

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

An irrevocable letter issued for a specific amount; renews itself for the same amount over a given period.

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

Where meals are eaten