A document, issued by a bank per instructions by a buyer of goods, authorizing the seller to draw a specified sum of money under specified terms, usually the receipt by the bank of certain documents within a given time. Some of the specific descriptions a ...

An officer taking his turn as officer of the watch.

The command given to inform the crew that the helm is being turned quickly to leeward, turning the boat windward

Filled with water but afloat.

A float with a flag at the top of a pole. Used to mark a position such as for a mooring, a race or a man overboard.

A general handyman in the engine room.

The sudden heave of the ship.

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 ...

Half of a sphere. On the globe hemispheres are used to describe the halves of the earth north or south of the equator.

A line attached to the boom to prevent it from accidentally gybing.

A unit of 1,000 bars of pressure.

The medium or material that does the actual filtering or separating. May be paper, wire mesh, special cellulose, inorganic plastic, or a combination.

A double block where the two sheaves lie in a plane one below the other, rather than alongside each other.

A volume. Pounds per hour.

To charge more than the proper amount according to the published rates.

The planning and implementation of strategies designed to encourage consumers to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy costs, change the time of usage, or promote the use of different energy source.

The part on the object which is hauled upon.

A person inexperienced with or uncomfortable around boats.

Gossip, usually about other people or events. The term scuttlebutt evolved from the name of a keg containing water and alcohol that sailors used to gather about before meals.

To turn the boat away from the wind. also Fall Off.