The A.S.M.E. Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

A transportation company which provides service to the general public at published rates.

(1) An intermediate rank between Captain and Rear Admiral, often held by a senior captain when given extra responsibility. (2) The leader of a yacht club.

An inward structural failure of a filter element which can occur due to abnormally high pressure drop (differential pressure) or resistance to flow.

Re-fueling the vessel.

The distinguishing qualities of a navigational light, including its color and whether it is fixed or flashing (and the flashing sequence).

An anchor is said to come home when its flukes are not holding in the ground and it drags.

A block with one end permanently attached to a surface.

A winch with one or more rope storage drums for veering out, hauling in or making fast tow ropes.

A device that changes a vapor into a liquid. Accomplished by exposing a tube containing vapor to air or by passing the tube through a water jacket.

A kind of winch, which is applied on sweep/survey ship for receiving/ throwing and towing the sweeping apparatus and hawser, and performing of sweeping the sediments under sea.

An imaginary line drawn between the luff and leech of a sail. The chord depth is an imaginary line drawn to the deepest part of the sail from the chord. The ratio of chord depth to chord length represents the sail's draft - a high ratio indicates a full s ...

A bar which projects above the coaming and which bears against a continuous rubber gasket strip set into the hatch panels of steel hatch covers in order to provide a weathertight seal.

A windlass is a winch-like device used to assist in the raising of the anchor.

The compressor continuously compresses, however, when the maximum pressure is reached, the delivered air is blown off to the atmosphere instead of being fed to the receiver.

A point of sail where the boat is sailing as close to the wind (as directly into the wind) as possible; sails are pulled in tight, enabling the boat to point as high as possible to the direction the wind is coming from; Also, "beating" and "on-the-wind". ...

Abbreviation for "Cost and Insurance." A price that includes the cost of the goods, the marine insurance and all transportation charges except the ocean freight to the named point of destination.

This term refers to the hardness or softness of gaskets.

The direction of a ship's heading as read on a compass. The compass course has added the magnetic deviation and the magnetic variation to the true course.

The unit that runs continuously and matches air supply to demand, by loading and unloading the compressor.