Sailing with the motor on and in gear

A negatively charged ion.

Government officials responsible for regulating goods, services and supplies into a country.

A port that is not directly listed in the tide tables but for which information is available as a difference from a nearby standard port.

Is a standardized method to determine the carbon formation characteristics of compressor lubricants.

The outer layer on a coalescing filter that prevents separated liquids from re-entering the air stream. Also known as anti re-entrainment barrier.

A point located en route between two other points.

A sailor's carving or etching on bones, teeth, tusks or shells.

Shipped under rate that includes cost from end of ship's tackle at load port to end of ship's tackle at discharge port.

A mechanical barometer used to measure air pressure for warnings of changing weather.

The leaning of a boat to the side because of excess weight on that side; inclination of a boat due to excess weight on one side or the other.

A method of payment for goods in which cash is paid at the time of order and the transaction becomes binding on both buyer and seller.

(1) To lay a line out in coils so that it can run without fouling. (2) Folding a sail in layers on the boom.

Secretly, to remove spirit from a keg or cask by making a small hole and sucking through a straw. also called Suck the Monkey

An inland point provided by an all water carrier's through bill of lading in the U.S. by first discharging the container in an East Coast port.

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.

To capsize.

Said of a man who goes to sea as a rating compared with officers, and lives forward. Forward of a mast.

A method of payment for goods in which the buyer pays the seller in advance of the shipment of goods. Usually employed when the goods, such as specialized machinery, are built to order.

A ring used to attach certain bellow type flexible members of an air actuators to the mounting surface.