The pressure of a system or device measured from absolute zero.

A sail control used to change the athwartships lead of the jib sheet by pulling the sheet toward the centerline of the boat.

A charter in which the bare ship is chartered without crew; the charterer, for a stipulated sum taking over the vessel for a stated period of time, with a minimum of restrictions; the charterer appoints the master and the crew and pays all running expense ...

Condition of a sailing ship when all sails have been taken down in a severe storm, very often a hazardous undertaking if there is a high sea running.

Vessel contract where charterers take over all responsibility for the operation of the vessel and expenses for a certain period of time.

Bar gauge (similar to the acronym "psig")

Flat-bottomed boat designed to carry cargo on inland waterways,usually without engines or crew accommodations. Barges can be lashed together and either pushed or pulled by tugs, carrying cargo of 60,000 tons or more. Small barges for carrying cargo betwee ...

(1) A cargo carrying vessel, usually without an engine, towed or pushed by a tug. Small barges for carrying cargo between ship and shore are known as lighters. (2) Also a term in sail racing - a boat which forces its way illegally between another contesta ...

A way of loading cargo into large barges and then in turn loading the barges into a ship.

An instrument used to keep a record of atmospheric pressure, such as on a paper drum.

An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure in inches or millibars of mercury

Is the absolute atmospheric pressure existing at any given point in the atmosphere. It is the weight of a unit column of gas directly above the point of measurement. It varies with altitude, moisture and weather conditions.

Atmospheric pressure as measured by a barometer.

A sailing ship with three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.

Sailing vessel with three or more masts. Square rigged on foremast, fore and aft rigged on all others.

Negligence or fraud on the part of the Master or crew resulting in a loss to the owners.

An act committed by the master or mariners of a vessel, for some unlawful or fraudulent purpose, contrary to their duty to the owners, whereby the latter sustain injury. It may include negligence, if so gross as to evidence fraud.

Any wrongful act knowingly done by the master or crew of a vessel to the detriment of the owner of either ship or cargo; and which was done without knowledge or consent of owner or owners.

A term of measure referring to 42 gallons of liquid at 60o F.

A metallic structure on which a compressor or other machine is mounted.