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A positive displacement air compressor which has no oil injected into the compression chamber for lubrication, cooling or sealing

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Provision in a salvage agreement that money is not payable unless the property is salved in accordance with that accordance.

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An arbitrary filter efficiency rating.

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A sturdy railing or elevated guard rail around the deck at the stern. also known as Pushpit

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A gap unintentionally left uncovered while painting or varnishing.

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

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On ships, the stern and stem are marked in feet to show the draft or depth of the vessel.

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A small low rail around the deck of a boat. The toe rail may have holes in it to attach lines or blocks and to allow drainage. A larger wall is known as a gunwale.

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Sink by filling with water.

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An anchor or weight, permanently attached to the sea floor, with a buoy going to the surface, used to hold the boat in a certain area.

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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.

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To install the sails on the boom or the forestay.

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Any raised portion of a vessel/s hull above an upermost continuous deck such as a poop, bridge or forecastle and extending from side to side of the vessel.

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

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To let go altogether.

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A black ball visible in all directions, displayed in the forward part of a vessel to indicate that the vessel is anchored.

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Towards the sides of the vessel (with reference to the centerline).

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

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Said of the anchor when just clear of the bottom (leaving or moving).

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