Running a compressed air system at a higher than needed pressure.

In water transportation, the time it takes between the arrival of a vessel and its departure.

A position based on estimations of a boat's position using estimated speed, currents, and the last known position/fix - of the boat.

A valve that controls the flow of air that passes through the valve. Used often for retardation or timing circuits, but especially for regulating the piston speed in cylinders.

(1) Sailing away from the wind with the sails let out all the way; going with the wind, downwind sailing (2) To allow a line to feed freely. (3) The shape of the afterpart of the underbody of a ship in relation to the resistance it creates going through t ...

A person or firm who transacts all business in a port on behalf of shipowners or charterers. Also called shipping agent; agent.

A piece of rope placed so as to confine a spar or another rope. A handle made of rope, in the form of a circle, (as the handle of a chest.) is called a becket.

An old salt I know uses this term in reference to a "tangled mess of lines".

Is one in which there is no liquid injection and/or liquid circulation for evaporative cooling or sealing.

Jail

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

Illegal passenger who hides himself on board a ship in order to gain free passage or to escape from a country.

A line that controls the angle of the sail in its relation to the wind; attached to the clew of a sail to adjust its trim (make the sail the proper shape to catch the wind).

A worn out vessel.

A device invented by Captain Jacques Cousteau in 1943 to enable a diver to operate underwater independent from an air supply from the surface.

To unload a shipping container.

An air operated device for hoisting or pulling. Similar to a slusher or winch

A spring loaded pressure relief valve actuated by the static pressure upstream of the valve. The valve opens normally in proportion to the pressure increase over the opening pressure.

The document containing all particulars relating to the terms of agreement between the Master of the vessel and the crew. Sometimes called ship's articles, shipping articles.

The helmsman.