A single inlet compressor with the impeller or impellers mounted on a shaft supported by two bearings in a pedestal, with the driver coupled to the compressor shaft.

Said of a vessel when unable to maneuver.

Publications that describe features of particular sailing areas, such as hazards, anchorages, etc.

Strop inserted between two hawsers, and weaker than the hawsers, so that strop, and not hawsers, will part with any excessive strain.

Components subordinate to the compressor.

An arrangement whereby a steamship company, under rules and regulations established in the freight tariff of a given trade, accepts small packages at rates below the minimum bill of lading, and issues a parcel receipt instead of a bill of lading.

Indicates the jib or staysail being boomed out on the opposite side of the mainsail in a following wind, giving a large amount of sail area presented to the wind. see Wing and Wing

A railing around the deck of a boat to keep things from going overboard and the seas from coming aboard; the strake of shell plating above a weather or shelter deck; the part of a ship's side that extends above the main deck to protect it against heavy we ...

A document required and issued by some national governments authorizing the importation of goods.

A halyard used to raise the spinnaker.

Any small collar made with spunyarn or light line to hold something in place.

Same as "grab rope" (rope).

The stationary seating surface, the inlet of a valve.

A drum of a windlass for heaving in line.

Error that can be introduced when not reading an instrument, such as a compass, directly from its front, due to the separation of the indicator and the scale being read.

The depth of the boat below the waterline; the amount of vertical distance from a boats water line to the bottom of it's keel.(2) The depth of water necessary to float a vessel(3) The belly or chord depth of the sail, its fullness

Light lines from the topping lift to the boom, forming a cradle into which the mainsail may be lowered.

The ability of a filter to remove specified test contaminants under specified test conditions from a specific test fluid, air, gas or liquid. Expressed as a percentage of the quantity of test contaminant introduced into the inlet of the filter test system

Inlet and outlet connections are located at the same level on opposite sides of the filter or other device installed on the pipeline.

A unit of work, being the work done in one hour at the rate of 1,000 watts.