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Is the ratio of actual capacity to piston displacement, stated as a percentage.

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A command to stop or cease immediately what one is doing.

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A through hull valve, a shut off on a plumbing or drain pipe between the vessel and the sea

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The angle between the sail and the apparent wind or the rudder or centerline and the water flow.

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The outer resin surface of a fiberglass boat, usually colored.

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The place where a vessel lies. The place in which a man sleeps.

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Containers loaded at port of loading and discharged at port of destination.

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Required by some countries for protection against the dumping of certain types of merchandise or products.

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Recovering and utilizing the heat content of the compressed air.

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A direction of forty-five degrees or less from the stern.

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Nun

A kind of navigational buoy

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To install the sails on the boom or the forestay.

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The process of desiccants being regenerated by water being driven off the desiccant. Hot air or gas passes through the desiccant bed, heating it. As a result, the partial pressure of the water vapor becomes higher than that in the regenerating air. Water ...

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The straight or curved line of the deck line; curvature of the lines of a vessel toward the bow and stern.

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The short foot rope at the end of a yard at the outer corner of a square sail used when reefing or furling.

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A structure which extends outboard beyond the edge of the hull for some special purpose. Some Polynesian canoes use outriggers to support an "ama" or small secondary hull, while fishing boats may use outriggers to suspend lines or nets over the water. ...

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The record of courses steered and distances traveled since the time a ship's position was last fixed by shore or astronomical observations.

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An inspection method for welding, forgings etc. based on the ability of certain types of liquids to enter voids and crevices by capillary action and to remain there when the surface liquid is removed.

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Columnar support for the steering wheel in the cockpit.

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A mooring buoy or spar. A group of piles driven close together and bound with wire cables into a single structure.

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