A knot widely used when making a boat fast to a post or bollard.

The 14 day period during which a new policy holder can cancel an insurance/assurance policy. This.

A bow pivot line used in docking and undocking, or a dock line leading aft from the bow to prevent the boat from moving forward while made fast to a dock or pier.

Customer designated as party paying for services.

Landing Craft Air Cushion

The process of modifying the characteristics of electrical power (for e.g., inverting dc to AC).

The maximum rope tension (in kilonewtons), measured at the drum commences to rotate in the direction of haul, the prime mover being set for maximum torque under automatic control and the rope being wound on the drum in a single layer.

Sailing too close to the wind

A type of commodity-product spread involving the purchase of crude oil futures and the sale of.

Shanties are the work songs that were used on the square-rigged ships of the Age of Sail. Their rhythms coordinated the efforts of many sailors hauling on lines.

Space booked by shipper or charterer on a vessel but not used

Air at a temperature of 68

A filter assembly in which the inlet, outlet and filter element axes are in a straight line.

Investment jargon for not keeping all your eggs in one basket. Diversification implies that you.

The programs and instructions which direct a computer.

Light rope secured to a buoy to hold vessel while stronger moorings are attached.

The forward part of the bow which overhangs the keel.

Thin plates attached to the exterior of the hull to deaden any rolling.

A short, confused sea.

Making a ship just as it is about to sail.