A measurement. Parts per billion

An extension to the tiller allowing the helmsman to steer while hiking. This may be desired for improved visibility or stability.

A design in which the forestay runs to the top of the mast.

The purchase of new shares by an underwriter who subsequently attempts to resell to the market for a.

A financial ratio which shows how easily the company could pay its bills if all its creditors.

The actual work required to compress and deliver a given gas quantity, including all thermodynamic, leakage and fluid friction losses. It does not include mechanical losses.

An area of low barometric pressure. The wind circulates clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. Generally these are bad weather systems.(2)A severe recession over a lengthy.

The tallest mast; the forward mast of a yawl or ketch; the mast furthest aft on a schooner

To run a line completely through and out of a block, fairlead, etc.

A unit of volume equal to 1 cubic foot at a pressure base of 14.73 pounds standard per square inch absolute and a temperature base of 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

The minimum temperature at which sufficient vapor is released by a liquid or solid (fuel) to form a flammable vapor-air mixture at atmospheric pressure.

A term previously given to the shares of listed companies, basically second in line to and traded.

A liquid piston compressor is a rotary compressor in which a vaned rotor revolves in an elliptical casing, with the rotor spaces sealed by a ring of liquid rotating with it inside the casing.

A scheme set up to give limited financial protection to people with deposits in authorised banks.

A life insurance policy which remains in force where the insured has paid premiums over part of the.

A container with no sides and frame members at the front and rear. Container can be loaded from the sides and top.

A ship owned and armed by a private individual that is empowered by a government to fight with enemy ships and capture enemy shipping in time of war.

A hitch used to join two ropes. It can be used between lines of different diameters.

The price at which an option holder can buy or sell the underlying instrument (for example,.

Ice in an area containing several small pieces of floating ice, but with total water area exceeding total area of ice.