Finite Element Analysis.

The top of a mast.

In sailing, to be lifted by a wind shift that allows your boat to be lifted closer to the wind where by it allows you to sail a shorter distance to the next mark, buoy or finish line

The ring bolted to the upper end of the shank of an anchor and to which the bending shackle secures.

A lighted or unlighted fixed (non-floating) aid to navigation that serves as a signal or indication for guidance or warning. (Lights and daybeacons both constitute "beacons.")

Packages loaded on a pallet, in a crate or any other way that enables them to be handled at one time as a unit.

The natural tendency of a sailboat to come up into the wind. The helm must be held over to keep the boat from coming up

A depth measuring device.

A solid wharf or structure built of stone along the edge of a harbor used for loading and offloading of cargo, and embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.

To break loose from a mooring, anchor or docking.

Use of individual carrier/rail equipment through a central agency for the benefit of carriers and shippers.

After or trailing edge of a sail; the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail and the outer edges of a square sail.

(1) A nautical instrument, on the arc of which is a finely graduated scale showing degrees and minutes, with adjustable reflectors, etc.; used to find the altitude of heavenly bodies, angular distances, etc. (2) On a steering gear, the rudder quadrant is ...

Boat carried at davits on quarter of ship, and kept ready for immediate use when at sea.

A wind coming from the east.

Abbreviation for "Origin Rail Freight Station." Same as CFS at origin except an ORFS is operated by the rail carrier participating in the shipment.

A ported or closed cover for the end of a filter element.

The foremost sail; a triangular shaped foresail forward of the foremast.

Broadly, insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea. Marine insurance typically compensates the owner of merchandise for losses sustained from fire, shipwreck, etc., but excludes losses that can be recovered from the carrier.

Alternatively letting the sails draw, then spilling wind so as to keep a vessel more or less in one place until space is available, marking time.