A spar from which a square sail is hung. A long spar, tapered at the ends, attached at its middle to a mast and running athwartships at right angles to the mast; used to support the top of a square sail. The yard can pivot (be braced) around the mast. At ...

A length of line or thin rope; A line used to attach a sail to a spar.

Any sailboat with a four-sided mainsail, defined by two booms, one located on the bottom, perpendicular to the mast, and another, located on top, at an angle from the mast.

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A factor is an agent who will, at a discount (usually five to 8% of the gross), buy receivables.

A small freshwater mollusk that was accidentally introduced to North American waters via ballast water from a transoceanic vessel. The zebra mussel has had significant negative economic and ecological effects: It clogs water intake pipes and attaches to a ...

Protection and indemnity insurance

Fit and beautiful (describing a boat)

A light triangular or quadrilateral sail set over a gaff.

Good order and readiness.

Any little handy contraption such as a scraper or sailmaker's palm, etc.

A mast that is stepped (placed) on the keel at the bottom of the boat rather than on the deck. Keel stepped masts are considered sturdier than deck stepped masts.

an antiwear additive found in many types of hydraulic and lubricating fluids. Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.

(Ex Works) (...Named Place): A Term of Sale which means that the seller fulfills the obligation to deliver when he or she has made the goods available at his/her premises (i.e., works, factory, warehouse, etc.) to the buyer. In particular, the seller is n ...

Eastern Central Motor Carriers Association.

A material made of tarred hemp or manila rope fibers, used for caulking seams of decks and sides of a wooden ship in order to make them watertight.

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The operation of temporarily holding two lines together by seizing.

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