A strong vertical post used to attach lines for towing or mooring.

An embargo imposed by a Government against another country.

An area of the North Atlantic east of the Bahamas where a powerful eddy in the water causes Sargasso weed to collect in vast quantities and float on the surface.

Is one in which the space occupied by the mixture is saturated with water vapor at the mixture temperature.

Is the pressure existing at a given temperature in a closed vessel containing a liquid and the vapor from that liquid after equilibrium conditions have been reached. It is dependent only on temperature and must be determined experimentally.

Occurs when the vapor is at the dew point or saturation temperature corresponding to its partial pressure. A gas in never saturated with a vapor. However, the space occupied jointly by the gas and vapor may be saturated.

Is another term for saturated vapor pressure.

A small sail sometimes set under the foot of a lower studdingsail.(See WATER SAIL.)

See Owner Code.

To climb up. A formation of rust over iron or steel plating.

A coating or precipitate deposited on surfaces such as water pipes, steam boilers that are in contact with hard water. Water that contains carbonates or bicarbonates of calcium or magnesium are likely to cause scale when heated.

A term applied to any piece of timber, with regard to its breadth and thickness, when reduced to the standard size.

Scantling draft is the maximum draft at which the ship can withstand all the loads safely. In other words, it is the draft at which the strength of the ship is built. It may or may not be equal the tropical draft (Maximum to a ship can load as per load li ...

The dimensions of all parts which go into the construction of a ship's hull.

To join two pieces of timber at their ends by shaving them down and placing them over-lapping.

The joining of two timbers by beveling the edges so the same thickness is maintained throughout the length of the joint.

Standard cubic feet per minute., SCFM or scfm. Flow of free air measured at some reference point and converted to a standard set of reference conditions (e.g., 14.4 psia, 80

The Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States.

A large body of fish.

A small vessel with two masts and no tops. A fore-and-aft schooner has only fore-and-aft sails.A topsail schooner carries a square fore topsail, and frequently, also, opgallant sail and royal. There are some schooners with three masts. They lso have no to ...