Wood boards used to cover the ribs, frames, deck or hull of a wooden vessel.

Contingent Valuation Method

Systeme International. The international system of unit measurement.

A way of valuing a share based on the net present value of the dividends that you expect to.

The cabin towards the front of the vessel.

To collide with a vessel head on.

Shortening of the old term "boatswain," an unlicensed member of the crew who supervises the work of the deck men under direction of the first mate.

The process of distributing electricity; usually defines that portion of an electrical utility's power lines between a utility's power pole and transformer and a customer's point of connection/meter.

An apparatus that replicates the solar spectrum, and used for testing solar energy conversion devices.

A local taxation system which was introduced on 1st April 1993 to replace the previous and.

Under U.S. tax law, a corporation created to obtain tax exemption on part of the earnings of U.S. products in foreign markets. Must be set-up as a foreign corporation with an office outside the USA.

The programs and instructions which direct a computer.

The portion of a safety/relief valve that surrounds the spring. The spring housing.

Making a ship just as it is about to sail.

The inherent imprecision of a given process of measurement, the unpredictable component of repeated independent measurements of the same object under sensibly uniform conditions.

To spill the sails is to take the wind out of the sails, either by heading up into the wind, or by easing the sheets to the point where the sails can hold no wind.

A line running from near the top of the mast, used to hold the spinnaker pole in place.

A situation in futures trading where the future delivery price is greater than the cash or nearby.

Machines in which axial vanes slide radially in an eccentrically mounted rotor.

Blower.