Closing small leaks in a vessel's underwater body by drawing a sail, filled with oakum, underneath her.

(1) Floating, but at mercy of wind and sea. (2) Piercing the hull with a projectile. (3) Taking in sail during a calm.

Country, island or territory the vessel visits.

Reservation number used to secure equipment and act as a control number prior to completion of a B/L.

The moisture content of air.

An instrument designed to add lubrication into the compressed air line.

That amount of time that a carrier's equipment may be used without incurring additional charges. (See Storage, Demurrage or Per Diem.)

Polytetrafluorethylene.

Funds sent by one person to another as payment.

The measurement of the angle between the bottom of a boat and its widest beam. A vessel with a 0

The frames or timbers of a ship as they rise from the keel to form the shape of the hull.

Sailing ship with a favorable wind, sailing dry and easily. A person riding the crest of good fortune

ACRONYM - MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

2,240 pounds (1016.05 kilograms)

A time draft under a letter of credit that has been accepted and purchased by a bank at a discount.

Shell or body of a ship.

On square-rigged ships, a small light square sail set above the skysail in fair weather. If the sail were triangular, it would be called a Skyscraper.

Pipe lines to a compartment for smothering a fire by steam or by a chemical.

The transverse partition between the cockpit and the cabin.

A knot with two half hitches loops - on the standing part of the line.