The air compressor continues to run and air supply is matched to the demand by partial unloading. This can be accomplished by a regulator controlled floating inlet or by step unloading.

Pounds per square inch, absolute.

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

Attempting to import merchandise into a country at a price less than the fair market value, usually through subsidy by exporting country.

Micrometer or one millionth of a meter; micron is sometimes represented in filtration by the Greek letter

Any Boat Designed with a pointed bow and stern

An inland location where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and then moved to a coastal port for loading.

The position of an object that lies off to one side of the vessel.

Seaman's name for a reef knot tied upside down. also called a "granny" knot.

(1) A longitudinal crack in a mast or other spar. (2) The shivers of a sail when sailing too close to the wind. (3) As a verb, to let it out.

Seamen who worked on the masts and yards of square-rigged ships.

A pallet designed so that the forks of a fork lift truck can be inserted from all four sides. See Fork lift.

A sail plan in which the main and/or mizzen, or the foresail of a schooner, is of triangular shape, very long in the luff and set from a tall mast. This is almost now universal in all sailing yachts.

T/C remuneration

Any signal that is used to indicate that a vessel is in distress and needs help. Flares, smoke, audible alarms, EPIRB, electronic beacons and others are all types of distress signals.(2) A flag display or a sound, light, or radio signal calling for assist ...

Straps to hook your feet under in cockpit when hiking out.

ACRONYM - British thermal unit. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit under set conditions of temperature and pressure.

The area of sea not under the sovereignty of nations with a seaboard.

A manmade structure, in or around a harbor, designed to break the force of the sea, thus providing shelter.

The passing of several turns of line across the jaw of a hook to prevent something on the hook, such as an eye or a line, from jumping clear.