a wind coming from the northeast

A guy who gets Head (toilet) cleaning detail.

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

On or in a ship.

A pressure-volume diagram for a compressor or engine cylinder produced by direct measurement made by the use of a device called an indicator.

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

A device for mounting cylinders.

A fluid (as hydrogen or air) that tends to expand indefinitely. Is one of three basic phases of matter.

Is the ratio of weight of vapor existing in a given space to the weight that would be present if the space were saturated at the space temperature.

Dangle a man from one of the yard arms, sometimes by the neck, if the man was to be killed, and sometimes by the toes, if he was merely to be tortured. A severe punishment used aboard sailing ships long ago. Today, a reprimand.

A slot into which the bolt rope or lugs in the luff of the sail are inserted to attach the sail.

Caught in the ice.

A filtering unit for vented enclosures installed to prevent dirt and foreign matter from entering the enclosure. Also prevents oil loss by retaining oil droplets and draining the oil back to the sump.

The art and science of designing vessels.

Get gear in condition for use; to separate the blocks of a tackle to lengthen the fall (ready for use again).

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

As provided in the Shipping Act of 1984, a contract between a shipper (or a shippers association) and an ocean common carrier (or conference) in which the shipper makes a commitment to provide a certain minimum quantity of cargo or freight revenue over a ...

A stopper used to prevent water from entering the hawse hole in heavy weather.

Relay to all others in order (a signal repeated from one ship to the next astern in column).

A form of wear in which seizing or tearing of the gear or bearing surface occurs.