The curve (sag) of a rope, cable or chain hung between two points such as the anchor rode or towing line; the deeper the curve, the more catenary.

Any boat built to certain standards or rules so that is like all others in the same class.

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.

To install the sails on the boom or the forestay.

A kind of navigational buoy

The point at which the Sun , traveling in the Ecliptic , crosses the Equinoctial when going from South to North declination.

Heat cannot, of itself, pass from a colder to a hotter body.

Supporting braces made into a right angle, used for strength when two parts are joined.

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

The time allotted to a man to stand at the helm.

A means of hauling up or lowering a cylindrical object.

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

The unloading of a container or cargo van.

A letter of credit forwarded to the beneficiary by the advising bank without engagement on the part of the advising bank.

Media of heat transfer in a refrigeration unit. R12 and R22 are commonly used refrigerants.

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 ...

Short period oscillation in level of enclosed, or partly enclosed, area of water when not due to the action of tide-raising forces.

To pass a turn around a belaying pin or cleat.

Carry over of particles or contaminant from the filter or other filter materials into the clean side of the air flow.