On a square-rigged ship, a small sail set in light weather above the moonraker.

Ship Tracking and Retrieval System

A system in which air supply is matched to demand by the starting and stopping of the unit.

The torque at the bottom of a speed (rpm) versus torque curve. The torque developed by the motor is a percentage of the full-load or rated torque. At this torque the speed, the rotational speed of the motor as a percentage of synchronous speed is zero. Th ...

Of a system (or part thereof) is its condition at an instant of time as described or measured by its properties.

Cabin; sleeping compartment.

The force per unit area acting on the surface of a solid boundary parallel to the flow.

A vent used with pressure sensors to reduce the effect of wind on the pressure inlet. It is normally mounted remotely and connected to the sensor using airtight tubing.

The posted bill showing stations of the crew at maneuvers and emergency drills.

The atmospheric pressure computed using station elevation as the reference datum level. Station pressure is usually the base value from which sea level pressure and altimeter setting are determined.

A unit of distance equal to 5280 feet. It is sometimes referred to as a land mile.

A law limiting the time in which claims or suits may be instituted.

Still, seaworthy, able.

To hold off a boat with a staff, boathook, long spar, etc., to prevent her from coming along too heavily. also known as Fend Off.

To cause a break in the hull which may sink the vessel; the vessel is then called stove.

A line or wire from the mast to the bow or stern of a ship, for support of the mast; rigging used to support the mast from forward or aft.

A rope of hemp, wire or iron leading forward or aft for supporting a mast.

During the operation of tacking, the moment when a sailing vessel is head to the wind and hanging there, with her head not paying off on the opposite tack. Such a vessel is said to be "in stays" or "in irons".

A triangular fore-and-aft sail carried on a stay. A sail that is set on a stay, and not on a yard or a mast. On a cutter this is the sail located between the jib and the main sail