A pointed metal spike, used to separate strands of rope in splicing.

A notation on a bill of lading that the cargo has been stowed on the open deck of the ship.

Melting and becoming a liquid by absorbing moisture.

Cool air pulled ashore by rising thermal air currents caused by the air inland rising as the land heats up

Is pressure as determined by most instruments and gauges.

A trade arrangement in which goods are shipped to a foreign buyer without guarantee of payment.

Cargo to/from regional ports are transferred to/from a central hub port for a long-haul ocean voyage.

ACRONYM - National Pipe Thread tapered. A description of a specific pipe thread

Misrepresenting freight or weight on shipping documents.

Heat exchangers for raising the temperature of compressed air to increase its volume.

To sail closer to the wind than another boat on the same tack.

The process of coating one metal with another, ordinarily applied to the coating of iron or steel with zinc. The chief purpose of galvanizing is to prevent corrosion.

Direction or bearing of an object relative to a boat's heading.

Caught in the ice.

The temperature of a body referred to the absolute zero, at which point the volume of an ideal gas theoretically becomes zero. (Fahrenheit scale is minus 459.67

Circular blocks in the shrouds or stays to adjust tension.

Also known as LTL or LCL.

Loaded with more cargo than a ship can safely navigate with. Drunk.

A semi great circle joining the north and south poles. Known as lines of longitude, they cross the equator and all parallels of latitude at right angles.