The reversible interchange of ions between a liquid and solid, with no substantial structural changes in the solid.

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Power generation equipment or system capacity to meet peak power demands.

The resistance to movement. (2) An anchor drags when its flukes do not hold.

Short pieces of line fastened to the sail at reef points, used for tying a reef to reduce sail area. The reef line will pass through reef cringles, which will become the new tack and clew of the reefed sail.

International convention on Maritime Liens and Mortages 1993.

A sailboat with its bow pointed directly into the wind, preventing the sails from filling properly and stopping the boat. It can be very difficult to get a boat that is in irons back under sail. also known as "In Stays".

Any object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radiobeacons, and lighthouses.

A characteristic applied to domestic water heaters that is the amount of gallons raised 100 degrees Fahrenheit per hour (or minute) under a specified thermal efficiency.

This device can automatically turn the heater off at night and on in the morning.

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Originally, to suck rum from a coconut, the end of the nut resembling a monkey's face. Later, illicitly to suck spirit from a cask, usually through a straw. Also called Bleed the Monkey.

A place where boats can find fuel, water and other services. Marinas also contain slips where boats can stay for a period of time.

Name given to the metal point or ram fixed on the bows of old war galleys and used to pierce the hulls, and thus sink or disable enemy ships.

The component of the radiosonde which includes the modulating blocking oscillator and the radiofrequency carrier oscillator.

(EGM)An EGM is a special meeting of a company and its shareholders which can be called by company.

To make headway when there is no apparent wind.