The slowest speed at which a vessel steers.

Running ashore (hitting the bot-tom).

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

When an anchored vessel is forced, by wind or current, to swing across her anchor so as to risk fouling it with her own cable, she is said to break sheer.

A positive displacement type compressor.

all material and energy present in and around an operating system, such as dust, air moisture, chemicals, and thermal energy.

On a square-rigged ship, a small triangular sail set above the skysail in fair weather. A square version is called a Moonraker.

Wooden shoulders attached below the masthead to either side of a wooden mast which originally supported the trestle trees.

T/C remuneration

A Marine insurance term to refer to partial loss on an individual shipment from one of the perils insured against, regardless of the balance of the cargo. Particularaverage insurance can usually be obtained, but the loss must be in excess of a certain per ...

A short length of rope secured at one end, and used in securing or checking a running rope, e.g., deck stopper, boat fall stopper, etc.

A hard-chined dinghy with flared sides, considered a useful weight-carrying work boat.

Place where loose or other non-containerized cargo is ungrouped for delivery.

Shell or body of a ship.

Pounds per square inch, absolute.

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 ...

An old term for getting married.

Any Boat Designed with a pointed bow and stern

Long-range navigation system that uses radio signals transmitted at specific times. An onboard receiver computes position by measuring the difference in time of signal reception. This system is being phased out in favor of GPS.

(1) A piece of equipment used to drive piles into the ground. (2) Name given to a ship which because of her short length, cannot ride two consecutive waves, and pitches violently into the second.