Said of a vessel when unable to maneuver.

A rope passed round a man in the chains, while sounding.

Bound together.

The resistance to movement. (2) An anchor drags when its flukes do not hold.

The stationary seating surface, the inlet of a valve.

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

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

Abbreviation for (1) "Interstate Commerce Commission," (2) "International Chamber of Commerce."

Dining room facilities for officers separate from the crew and passenger dining room.

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.

Old nickname for a second mate.

To change direction so as to point farther away from the wind. Also Bear Away, Bear Off or Head Down. The opposite of heading up.

The officer on board responsible for the navigation of the ship.

A drum of a windlass for heaving in line.

Short pieces of line fastened to the sail at reef points, used for tying a reef to reduce sail area. The reef line will pass through reef cringles, which will become the new tack and clew of the reefed sail.

a type of separator for removal of larger particles from an exhaust gas stream. Gas laden with particulates enters the cyclone and is directed to flow in a spiral causing the entrained particulates to fall out and collect at the bottom. The gas exits near ...

A sailboat is always on one tack or the other; that is the sail is always on one side or the other.

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

A technical rail ramp, used for equalization of points not actually served.

Space booked by shipper or charterer on a vessel but not used