Abbreviation for "Subject to Particular Average." See also Particular Average.

A seaman's personal "painter" is his lifeline, and if it is severed, he dies.

A familiar dish at sea before refrigeration was available. It was a stew of salt meat, broken biscuit, potatoes, onions and available spices.

To mark a course on a chart.

Steady regular winds in a belt approximately 30

A person who arranges for transportation of loads for a percentage of the revenue from the load.

A harbor restriction placed on a ship which has an infectious disease on board, or which has arrived from a country where such a disease is prevalent. The crew may not go ashore until the ship is granted pratique.

Abbreviation for "Cubic Meter."

(1) Generally something wrong or difficult (2) To be tangled (line) or in turmoil (air); to entangle or obstruct (3) In racing, a rules infraction

A language of "dots" and "dashes" used to send messages, either sound using radio waves, or light using a searchlight or Aldis lamp.

A hitch used to join two ropes. It can be used between lines of different diameters.

Unit of highway motive power used to pull one or more trailers/containers.

A small flat bottomed boat square at either end.

The bearing which supports the propeller shaft where it emerges from the ship.

Pieces of timber bolted to the hounds of a mast, to support the trestle-trees.

To stop the running out of a line by taking a turn around a cleat, piling, etc.; to suddenly stop or secure a line. A ship with too much way can be snubbed by letting an anchor go.

Net volume actually displaced by the compressor piston at rated machine speed, generally expressed in cubic feet per minute (usually CFM). For multistage compressors, the piston displacement of the first stage only is commonly stated as that of the entire ...

Pre-Cooling of intake air for compressors and Blowers.

Person who decoys a seaman from his ship and gains money by robbing and, or, forcing him on board another vessel in want of men.

A keel that runs the length of the boat.