An old method of cleaning a vessels bottom by burning off weed, barnacles or other growth while the vessel was in dry dock or careened. Breaming was also known as graving.

A form of steam engine where a piston moves back and forth inside a cylinder, transmitting its motion to a driving shaft by a connecting rod and crank.

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

It is the weight of the column of air existing above the earths surface at 45

A device which operates compressors in sequence according to a programmed schedule.

A running light allowed on some sailboats instead of the normal bow and stern lights. The tricolor light contains the red and green side lights and the white stern light in a single fitting that is attached to the top of the mast.

The whole crew.

Anchor is off the sea bottom when being heaved in .

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

Old Latin name for the south wind.

The riding lights required to be carried by vessels at anchor.

(1) The location from which a vessel is steered and its speed controlled; navigation and command center of the vessel. (2) A man made structure crossing a body of water.

One which blows across a boat's side

A method of moving a boat with oars. The person rowing the boat faces backwards, bringing the blade of the oars out of the water and toward the bow of the boat. They then pull the oars through the water toward the stern of the boat, moving the boat forwar ...

Sailing with the motor on and in gear

When a ship's head or stern pitches suddenly and violently into the trough of the sea.

A gas produced by many fruits and vegetables that accelerates the ripening and aging processes.

Sailor's name for a block of sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship; seamen had to get down on their knees to use them. Large holystones were known as "Bibles", while smaller blocks to reach awkward places were known as "Prayer Books" ...

The breaking-up of paint into fine particles or droplets by a paint gun using compressed air.

The use of a sound barrier separating the sound from the receiver.