Towards the center line of a ship (towards the center).

Material that stores energy, although mass will also retain coolness. The thermal storage capacity of a material is a measure of the material's ability to absorb and store heat.

A seat or brace running laterally across the width of a rowing boat.

Water washing over; the situation of an object when almost submerged.

A frame used to support the boom when the sail is down.

A rail surrounding the poop deck.

The opening up the back (aft) edge of the mast in which the mainsail luff rope slides when it is hoisted. Some masts have an external sail track.

National Fluid Power Association.

Small boat similar to and including jetskis

Order given to a boat's crew when going alongside under oars. Denotes that boat has sufficient way, and that oars are to be placed inside the boat.

Areas of the ocean lying between the mostly westerly winds of the higher latitudes, and the trade winds. These areas usually have prolonged calms, and in the older days of sail it could take quite a while to clear out of this area, by which time the seame ...

Method of settling disputes which is usually binding on parties. A clause usually in a charter party.

A sailor's paradise where amusements were plentiful, and the women were accommodating.

U.S. Commerce Department document, "Shipper's Export Declaration."

A curved inlet section on an impeller.

An angle or channel from deck beam to shell frame taking the place of a bracket.

A rate applicable from a point on one transportation line to a point on another line, made by agreement and published in a single tariff by all transportation lines over which the rate applies.

Slang for anchor

An analytical method of assessing machine health by quantifying and examining ferrous wear particles suspended in the lubricant or hydraulic fluid.

The velocity of the gas in the passages between the filter units in the filter house of a gas filter.