see Gybe

The headstay on which jibs are hoisted

A method of lowering the sail in sections so that it can be reefed quickly.

After mast on a schooner or sailing ship carrying a spanker; usually the fourth mast of a five or six masted schooner.

Nickname for a ship's cooper.

Abbreviation for "Just In Time." In this method of inventory control, warehousing is minimal or nonexistent; the container is the movable warehouse and must arrive "just in time;" not too early nor too late.

A spar used to prevent the spinnaker guy from fouling on the stanchions.

A rate applicable from a point on one transportation line to a point on another line, made by agreement and published in a single tariff by all transportation lines over which the rate applies.

In lore, the flag flown by a pirate ship - a white skull on a black background with crossed bones below the skull - although there is no evidence that such a flag was ever flown.

A pirate's flag carrying the skull and cross-bones.

A small boat, usually hoisted at the stern.

A measurement. The international unit of energy. One joule is equal to one WATT - second or 0.737 foot pounds.

The conversion of mechanical, electrical or magnetic energy into heat.

When a perfect gas flows through a throttling with constant inlet and outlet pressures, the temperature of the gas is the same before and after it flows through the throttling. There is a temperature drop, however, during the passage of gas through the th ...

The compression of an air actuator (air spring) below its design height.

That part of a shaft or axle that rotates or angularly oscillates in or against a bearing or about which a bearing rotates or angularly oscillates.

A sliding type of bearing having either rotating or oscillatory motion and in conjunction with which a journal operates. In a full or sleeve type bearing, the bearing surface is 360 degrees in extent. In a partial bearing, the bearing surface is less than ...

Japanese tapered pipe thread (Female).

Japanese tapered pipe thread (Male).

The largest of the headsails; corresponds to the genoa.