The motion of a vessel when she goes off from her course.

A document transferring a container from one carrier to another, or to/from a terminal.

Radio Direction and Range

Quantitative Precipitation Forecast.

A beam attached to the top of the floors to add strength to the keel on a wooden boat.

A mast that is stepped (placed) on the keel at the bottom of the boat rather than on the deck. Keel stepped masts are considered sturdier than deck stepped masts.

A large piece of fabric designed to be hoisted on the spars of a sailboat in such a manner as to catch the wind and propel the boat.

Wolrd Port Services. Joint venture of American Port Services in which Associated British Port has a 50% holding, and two Belgian companies, Cobelfret and Hesse Natie.(LL 9-7Y). Working in the Port of Zeebrugge.

International Gas carrier Code. Code for the construction and equipment of ships carrying liquified gases in bulk.

New Building

A measure of the capacity of a material to resist heat transfer. The R-Value is the reciprocal of the conductivity of a material (U-Value). The larger the R-Value of a material, the greater its insulating properties.

Liquid flows through into the valve and flows out through one of two tubes which is selected by changing the angle of a lever.

A navigational light which turns on and off in a regular pattern, but is on more than it is off, so the period of light is longer than the period of darkness.

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A device worn around a person's body that can be tethered to jack lines to help prevent a person from falling overboard.

The Quebec pennant is flown when first entering a country, indicating that the people on the ship are healthy and that the vessel wants permission to visit the country. The flag means "My vessel is healthy and I request free pratique.

Used by some seamen to describe St. Elmo's Fire.

Fit and beautiful (describing a boat)

The national flag flown on a jackstaff on the bow of naval ships while anchored.

Erosion rate per unit of erosion index in a cultivated continuous fallow soil.