To touch bottom.

A floatation device shaped like a U and thrown to people in the water in emergencies.

Accumulation of foreign matter, such as mud or debris, in a cooler, pipe, or valve. In a cooler, H 2 O D P and D T will be seen to increase, as well as CTD.

is an ideal process that may be stopped and made to retrace its steps and restore to the systems or surroundings all work and heat previously removed. It is frictionless.

Sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up in the form of a wave. also known as Eagre.

Any Boat Designed with a pointed bow and stern

A business firm which sells its services to organizations which operate vessels

Abbreviation for "Container Freight Station." A shipping dock where cargo is loaded ("stuffed") into or unloaded ("stripped") from containers. Generally, this involves less than containerload shipments, although small shipments destined to same consignee ...

2,204.6 pounds or 1,000 kilograms.

An individual or company selling equipment and supplies for ships.

In a square rigged ship, the act of hauling the head sheets to windward and laying the head-yards flat aback in order to bring the ships head out of the wind while tacking. This is done when helm action alone is insufficient.

Loss of effective propeller thrust caused by the blades cutting across the column of water sucked along by the propeller instead of working in it. Can also lead to heavy vibration of the vessel.

Line attached to the bottom of the boom used to flatten the sail by pulling the boom down, and thus tightening the luff of the sail. (2) A line used for hauling down a jib or staysail.

Storing on land. Many small boats are placed in dry storage over the winter.

The space between decks. The name of the deck or decks between the ceiling and main deck.

Maintenance performed after a machine has failed to return it to an operating state.

A pneumatic percussive drill designed as a boring tool.

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 ...

To bind together in order to increase tension or to prevent from blowing loose.

The large enclosed floor where the lines of a vessel are laid out and the molds or templates made.