A large foresail which extends aft behind the mast.

A restrictive tube used in a refrigeration system which restricts the flow of freon and allows pressure to build on one side and suction on the other. It is located between the condenser and the evaporator.

A vessel designed for the transport of people or goods from one place to another on a regular schedule.

Stout line or cable fore and aft around the deck of the boat to keep crew from falling overboard.

A pilot with a license stating that they are qualified to guide vessels in a particular area.

A boat owner's private pennant.

When the sheer curves down towards the bow and stern.

(1) A term signifying an inclination of an object from a perpendicular; to turn anything so that it does not stand perpendicularly or square to an object. (2) Those timbers in a ship near the bow or stern which are sharply angled from the keel. (3) The op ...

A tube with a narrow throat (a constriction) that increases the velocity and lowers the pressure of the liquid passing through it, creating a partial vacuum immediately after the constriction in the tube. The vacuum created has a sucking effect, and a ven ...

Pockets in a sail where battens can be placed to stiffen the sail.

Time saved, reward for quick turnaround in dry cargo only.

A sail set forward of the foremast on the headstay; a foresail

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

In transit, or in passage.

One of the large square openings in the deck of a ship through which freight is hoisted in or out, and access is had to the hold.

Sailors' term for an old ship that needed a lot of paint and repairs.

Upward displacing swells.

In railcar or container shipments, the weight of the empty railcar or empty container.

Seaman's term for the period of work on board ship for which he has been paid in advance when signing on.

Name given to the lowest deck in a ship.