Loaded aboard a vessel.

Anything of Government Issue.

Quality System Manual.QSC

The Quebec pennant is flown when first entering a country, indicating that the people on the ship are healthy and that the vessel wants permission to visit the country. The flag means "My vessel is healthy and I request free pratique.

National Committee on International Trade Documentation.

A chain or line (rope) bent to the anchor.

an antiwear additive found in many types of hydraulic and lubricating fluids. Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.

Any little handy contraption such as a scraper or sailmaker's palm, etc.

A spar from which a square sail is hung. A long spar, tapered at the ends, attached at its middle to a mast and running athwartships at right angles to the mast; used to support the top of a square sail. The yard can pivot (be braced) around the mast. At ...

Similar to a centerboard, except that it is raised and lowered vertically in a trunk rather than pivoted. Like a keel, daggerboards are used to reduce leeway by preventing a sailboat being pushed sideways by the wind.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Amount of condensate collected in the aftercooler.

A synthetic polyester material.

International Maritime Consultative Organization. A forum in which most major maritime nations participate and through which recommendations for the carriage of dangerous goods, bulk commodities, and maritime regulations become internationally acceptable.

South Africa (flag).

The floor or bottom surface of the enclosed space under the deck of a boat

That part of yard that lies between the lift and the outboard end of the yard.

General Average

A document transferring a container from one carrier to another, or to/from a terminal.

Kilowatt - A unit of power equal to 1,000 watts.

A compartment for passengers or crew.