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Structural pieces running fore and aft between the beams.

Category:Sea Words

Cap

A piece of trim, usually wood, used to cover and often decorate a portion of the boat, i.e., caprail.

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A water heater that heats water before it is directly distributed for end use as required; a demand water heater.

Category:Energy Terms

Also saloon; the main social cabin of a boat

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Money, in the form of notes and coins, which constitutes payment for goods at the time of.

Category:Financial Terms

(1) The rolled up part of a sail, tied with the reef lines, that is used to reduce sail area for heavy winds; To reduce the sail area. (2) A group of rocks or coral generally at a depth shallow enough to present a hazard to navigation.

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An instrument for the measurement of the rate of ice accretion on an unheated body.

Category:Meteorology

The transfer of heat through matter or space by means of electromagnetic waves.

Category:Energy Terms

Jib

The foremost sail; a triangular shaped foresail forward of the foremast.

Category:Sea Words

Any gaseous, liquid, or solid fuel used for indoor space heating.

Category:Energy Terms

(1) To adjust the sails for best advantage. (2) Fore and aft balance of a boat. If either the bow or stern is depressed, the vessel is said to be down by the bow or down by the stern. (3) To trim is to adjust. It does not just apply to sheets. You can tri ...

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The condition when a perfect gas is isentropically compressed, and the gas inlet temperature and also the amount of work spent is the same for each stage.

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Said of wind when exactly ahead; and of another vessel when her fore and aft line coincides with observer's line of sight.

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Measurement ton 40 cubic ft or one cubic meter.Net ton, or short ton 2,000 lbs.Gross ton/long ton 2,240 lbs.Metric ton/kilo ton 2,204.6 lbs.Cubic meter 35.314 cubic ft.

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An economic situation in which there is a general fall in the level of.

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Sir Napier Shaw's name for the approximate absolute temperature scale,

Category:Meteorology

NOI

Abbreviation for "Not Otherwise Indexed."

Category:Sea Words

Tanker, Liquefied Flammable Gases.

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A list of metals and alloys arranged according to their relative corrosion potentials in a given environment. Compare with electromotive series.

Expenses incurred by a person whilst carrying out duties at work, which are 'approved' by the tax.

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