Boat carried at davits on quarter of ship, and kept ready for immediate use when at sea.

Filled with water but afloat.

The distance a boat can move around its anchor. Swinging room is important because if other boats or objects are within a boat's swinging circle they may collide.

The energy in foot pounds required to compress adiabatically and to deliver one pound of a given gas from one pressure level to another.

An opening in a ship's side, provided with a glazed lid or cover for the admission of light.

The top point of the line about which the earth rotates.

Release of merchandise by a bank to a buyer while the bank retains title to the merchandise. The goods are usually obtained for manufacturing or sales purposes. The buyer is obligated to maintain the goods (or the proceeds from their sales) distinct from ...

The energy in foot pounds required to compress polytropically and to transfer one pound of a given gas from one pressure level to another.

Sort of large pulley with sheave and steel block found on a derrick

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

The distance the bow of a boat is forward of another's stern

Sailors' term for an old ship that needed a lot of paint and repairs.

Place where a ship should report when passing i.e. when approaching a port.

Refers to the direction in which a line goes.

Is one in which the space occupied by the mixture is saturated with water vapor at the mixture temperature.

Energy terms

Hoist or haul in the anchor.

The drying of compressed gases other than air. Equipment size, choice of materials and other specifications may be decidedly different for drying gases other than air because of the specific properties of the gases. Properties include specific gravity, sp ...

Cloths hung on the lee side of a berth to keep one from rolling out of their bunk

To turn the boat head-to-wind so as to go about on the opposite tack