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

Go to bed without undressing.

The shape of the fore-body of a ship as it thrusts through the sea. A vessel with a slim bow is said to have a fine entry.

Heavy latch by which doors, hatches, portholes, etc., are secured; verb - to latch

(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.

Invisible waves in the electromagnetic spectrum that are used to communicate (radio) - and navigate (radar).

In navigation, the smaller angle at which two position lines on a chart intersect. The fix will be more reliable as the angle approaches 90

(SEE NEAPED)

The top of a wave.

A rudder, keel, centerboard, or skeg.

Any point of sailing away from the wind.

The direction at right angles to a ship's heading or the line of her keel

A ring or hoop of metal.

To the bow of the boat, forward of the beam.

A vessel is in soundings when she is in sufficiently shallow water for soundings to be made and used as an aid in the vessel's navigation.

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

An illegal form of discounting or refunding that has the net effect of lowering the tariff price. See also Malpractice.

Is energy in transition and is defined in units of Force times Distance. Work cannot be done unless there is movement.

American Standards Committee X12 responsible for developing EDI standards for the United States.

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