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

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 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 ...

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.

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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.

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

Fit and beautiful (describing a boat)

Good order and readiness.

A light triangular or quadrilateral sail set over a gaff.

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

Protection and indemnity insurance

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

Eastern Central Motor Carriers Association.

(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 ...

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.

A hand held rock drill worked by compressed air.

The operation of temporarily holding two lines together by seizing.