Steel wire, used to support over-the-side sampling apparatus

(1) When two or more boats tie up alongside each other. (2) Overlapping of edges of two ice-floes, so that one floe is partly supported by the other.

States that equal volumes of all gases under the same conditions of pressure and temperature contain the same number of molecules.

The direction and speed of the wind as it appears to those on board, relative to the speed and direction of the boat; combination of the true wind and the wind caused by the boat's movement through the water.

Filter, Regulator and lubricator sometimes combined in one unit

Navy term meaning to change the arrangement of the colors (the national flag) upon getting under way or coming to moorings.

The amount of work done on or by a system is equal to the amount of energy transferred to or from the system.

A right claim against the guarantors of a loan or draft or bill of exchange.

Heavy weight,which gives a ship stability when the vessel is not carrying cargo.

Wide, a wide boat is a beamy boat

An emergency signal flare that will float down on a parachute after launch, hopefully improving its visibility.

A dinghy or raft that can be inflated for use or deflated for easy stowage.

A negatively charged ion.

An important parameter in establishing an entrained particle's potential to impinge on control surfaces and cause erosion.

Amount of time for a compressor to complete one cycle.

Deck supported by pillars, fastened to pontoons. The pontoons are half submerged during operations. Kept in position by anchors (or by dynamic positioning). Normally equipped with its own propulsion machinery.

(1) The edge where the deck joins the hull; top edge of bulwarks. (2) The railing around the deck.

Disciplinary code in which maritime crimes and punishments are specified.

Reduce dew point by passing compressed air through a bundle of hollow membrane fibers; water vapor and a portion of the compressed air then permeate the membrane walls and vent to atmosphere

Pieces of plank bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the foretopmast stays through.