An area of water totally or partially enclosed by coral islands, atolls, and reefs.

Used to indicated times measured in Coordinated Universal Time, a successor to Greenwich Mean Time. A time standard that is not affected by time zones or seasons.

Automatic Control system Certified for Unattended engine room.

Abbreviation for "Dangerous and Hazardous" cargo.

Quality System Manual.QSC

an antiwear additive found in many types of hydraulic and lubricating fluids. Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.

A chain or line (rope) bent to the anchor.

Anything of Government Issue.

A spar from which a square sail is hung. A long spar, tapered at the ends, attached at its middle to a mast and running athwartships at right angles to the mast; used to support the top of a square sail. The yard can pivot (be braced) around the mast. At ...

Any little handy contraption such as a scraper or sailmaker's palm, etc.

National Committee on International Trade Documentation.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Amount of condensate collected in the aftercooler.

Precipitation composed of balls or irregular lumps of ice with diameters between 5 and 50 mm.

1.Unattended Machinery Space,2.Universal Measurement System.

South Africa (flag).

Similar to a centerboard, except that it is raised and lowered vertically in a trunk rather than pivoted. Like a keel, daggerboards are used to reduce leeway by preventing a sailboat being pushed sideways by the wind.

International Maritime Consultative Organization. A forum in which most major maritime nations participate and through which recommendations for the carriage of dangerous goods, bulk commodities, and maritime regulations become internationally acceptable.

A synthetic polyester material.

Delivered Duty Paid Delivered duty paid means that the seller delivers the goods to the buyer, cleared for import, and not unloaded from any arriving means of transport at the named place of destination. The seller has to bear all the costs and risks inv ...

Pleasure Yacht.