Consists of a vessel which is a combination of oil sump and oil separator, an oil cooler and an oil filter.

Once the only method, other than human voice, of passing orders to men on board ship; the instructions to perform certain tasks were conveyed by different notes and pitches on the high-pitched whistle.

To ease away slowly, as in a line, sheet, or falls of a tackle.

To bleed is the operation of draining any water out of a buoy which may have seeped inside after long use at sea.

Wind coming from the south.

The ship's funnel or smokestack.

A term describing the seamen of a British warship.

Abbreviation for "Bales."

A metal plate, strap, or rod bolted to the hull structure to which the lower ends of shrouds and stays are attached

A large balloon shaped lightweight sail used when running or reaching. Spinnakers are made of cloth very similar to that used for parachutes, which is why you may also hear them called chutes, or kites.

A line drawn on a chart, as a result of a bearing, along which the boat is positioned

The spiral grooves between the strands of rope after it has been laid up.

A non-profit entity that represents the interests of a number of shippers. The main focus of shippers associations is to pool the cargo volumes of members to leverage the most favorable service contract rate levels.

In maritime warfare, a declaration published by a power forbidding sea-borne trade with an enemy.

A "C" shaped fitting which can be slipped over the boom, for example, when the sail has been roller reefed to allow the boom vang to be reattached.

That part of the water which is diverted from the main stream of a current and as a result flows in the opposite direction.

In sailboat racing, to have a controlling position over competitors by staying between them and the next mark or buoy - a tactical maneuver in which the lead boat stays between the trailing boat and the wind or the next mark.

Any time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included.

A bank that, in its own country, handles the business of a foreign bank.

The act of supporting anything by propping or shoring it up.