A rope is fagged when the end is untwisted.

Joint Venture

Heavy longitudinal timbers fastened over the keelson. The timbers of the bow and stern are fastened to the deadwood.

Cylinder.

Condition Assessment Program. Structural assessment program devised by the classification societies ABS, LR, DNV.

Above decks; without concealment of deceit (out in the open).

Intergranular corrosion, usually of stainless steels or certain nickel-base alloys, that occurs as the result of sensitization in the heat-affected zone during the welding operation.

A block of wood or iron, placed through the hole in the heel of a mast, and resting on the trestle-trees of the mast below. This supports the mast. Also, a wooden pin, tapered, used in splicing large ropes, in opening eyes, etc.

A manifest that lists all cargo carried on a specific vessel voyage.

An order to haul away or to heave around a capstan (pull).

ACRONYM Actual cubic feet per minute.

The flow of air down a flue/chimney and into a house caused by low indoor air pressure that can occur when using several fans or fireplaces and/or if the house is very tight.

Federation of ASIAN Shipowners Association

A situation where an individual is incapable of settling his/her debts and has been served a.

The heat liberated by the combustion of a unit quantity of a fuel under specific conditions; measured in calories.

A cleat that attaches to the backstay over the cockpit, usually used for hanging a lantern

Billion ECU

Independent Tank, Wing

A small tube or capillary filled with electrolyte, terminating close to the metal surface under study, and used to provide an ionically conducting path without diffusion between an electrode under study and a reference electrode.

National Bureau of Standards (see NIST