The degree to which all the forces on a boat are symmetrical so the vessel sails with just a slight weather helm.

In sailing, to be lifted by a wind shift that allows your boat to be lifted closer to the wind where by it allows you to sail a shorter distance to the next mark, buoy or finish line

(1) A type of corrosion attack (deterioration) uniformly distributed over metal surface. (2) Corrosion that proceeds at approximately the same rate over a metal surface. Also called general corrosion.

A document prepared by the captain of a vessel on arriving at port; shows conditions encountered during voyage, generally for the purpose of relieving ship owner of any loss to cargo and shifting responsibility for reimbursement to the insurance company.

Hydrographic Office, observed height

A rope used for securing any movable object in place

A wind blowing in a direction perpendicular to the course of a moving object.

The part of a measuring instrument which responds directly to changes in the environment.

(ADR)American depositary receipts are a convenient way for Americans to own shares in foreign.

The simultaneous purchase (sale) of a call at one exercise price and sale (purchase) of another call.

Used to describe an option that is unlikely to go into-the-money prior to.

A measure of the attenuation due to scattering, of light as it traverses a medium containing scattering particles.

Comity Maritime International (maritiem law association)

(cash against documents) or D/P (documents against payment) or D/P (documents against payment)

See: 'tracker.

Finite Element Analysis.

An entry that allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be exported from the same port without the payment of duty.

A radiosonde whose carrier wave is modulated by audio-frequency signals whose frequency is controlled by the sensing elements of the instrument.

A graphical device used for the determination of the speed of the geostrophic wind from the isobar or contour-line spacing on a synoptic chart.

Solid fuels made from primarily wood sawdust that is compacted under high pressure to form small (about the size of rabbit feed) pellets for use in a pellet stove.