The part of the boat behind the beam.

A type of compression where no heat is transferred to or from the gas during the compression process.

If a company's earnings figures are distorted either positively or negatively by exceptional one-off.

Marine Pollution Prevention (International Convention) MARS Nautical Institute Marine Accident Reporting System

Salt Water Arrival Draft

A device, such as a steel plate, used to check, retard, or divert a flow of a material.

All quoted companies have a legal obligation to send shareholders annual results within six.

National nature reserve

Gross National Product: GDP plus the net income accruing from foreign sources.

Method of reeving a tackle in order to gain the maximum increase in power.

A place not suitable for anchoring.

A takeover bid which is so generous to the shareholders of the target company that the directors.

Pay between the lower earnings limit and upper earnings limit which is used to determine National.

Any person on board other than the master and members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of that ship.

A wall usually about 3 to 4 feet high located that is placed in the attic of a home, anchored with plates between the attic floor joists and the roof joist. Sheathing can be attached to these walls to enclose an attic space.

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A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line, sometimes around a thimble.

A device for converting one form of energy or fuel into useful energy or work.

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The usually unfinished space above a ceiling and below a roof.