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A stay leading from one mast, such as the main mast to another, such as the mizzen mast.

Sink by filling with water.

Remove a boat from the water.

Surface on which the bearing seal rides in an oil lubricated tailshaft bearing.

Small masses of drift ice with waterways in which a vessel can sail.

On a square-rigged ship, the area between the after end of the forecastle and the forward end of the booms where lines, blocks, and tackle were stored.

To remove a sail.

A canvas canopy secured over the ship's deck as a protection from the weather (covering).

A measure of weight ashore and a measure of capacity on a vessel.

An arbitrary filter efficiency rating.

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

To let go altogether.

Compass error. The difference between the reading of a compass and the actual magnetic course or bearing due to errors in the compass reading. These errors can be caused by metals, magnetic fields and electrical fields near the compass. The act of checkin ...

Are those constituents in the suction gas that cannot be condensed to a liquid with the cooling medium available.

Is the ratio of the theoretical work calculated on an isothermal basis to the actual work transferred to the gas during compression.

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

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

An area of the North Atlantic east of the Bahamas where a powerful eddy in the water causes Sargasso weed to collect in vast quantities and float on the surface.