Any point of sailing away from the wind.

Wide, a wide boat is a beamy boat

A hoisting apparatus consisting of a block and tackle rigged at the end of a beam.

Wind blowing from off the shore.

Is that pressure of either motive fluid or discharge at which an ejector returns to stable operation following a period of unstable operation due to having previously reached the breaking pressure. There are two recovery pressures, one for motive fluid an ...

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

Machines in which the compressing element is a piston having a reciprocating motion in a cylinder.

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.

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

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

An adsorption type material used in compressed air dryers. Industry standards are activated alumina, silica gel and molecular sieves.(2) A material used to desiccate (dry) or dehumidify air.

To lash up.

A small bag for carrying or stowing all personal articles.

On or near the line of immersion of a ship's hull.

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.

A gangway or gangplank. Used to cross from one ship to another, or from a ship to a pier.

The black line parallel with ship's keel marked on the inner surface of the bowl of a compass, indicating the compass direction of the ship's head.

A number system used to describe wind forces and sea conditions from 0 for a flat calm to 12 for a hurricane

Said of a vessel when the depth of water can be measured by the lead (within the 100 fathom curve).

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