See 'baby.

This rather grand term refers to various things that companies can do which affect the number of.

A bullying and tyrannical officer; he would drive his crew by brutality and the power of his fists.

The capacity for floating.

Machines in which compression is effected by the positive action of rotating elements.

A mobile container-handling crane used to load/unload containers to/from railcars.

Open ocean sailing

Windward side of a vessel.

Electrical measurement. The output of one or several electric machines. Load also denotes the power carried by a particular circuit.

See: 'irredeemable.

(1) A spar. Such as a pole used to position a sail (e.g., spinnaker pole or whisker pole, which serves the same purpose for a jib). (2) One of the two points around which the earth spins, known as the north and south poles.

Sailing with the wind coming from the port side, with the boom on the starboard side.

Structural members on the longitudinal sides of the base of the container.

A card, issued by a bank (or a building society in the UK), which guarantees the payment of a cheque.

Adjustable stays used to support and control tension on the mast when the wind is from abaft the beam; temporary backstays used to stabilize the mast and prevent undue flexing due to the pumping action of the sea.

Short ton

A protective options strategy in which a written call and a long put are taken against a previously.

To collide with a vessel head on.

A wind coming from the southwest

An invoice provided by a supplier prior to the shipment of merchandise, informing the buyer of the kinds and quantities of goods to be sent, their value, and specifications (weight, size, etc.).