When the wind shifts toward the bow. Opposite of lifted.

The sovereign power to take property for a necessary public use, with reasonable compensation.

A hole in the hull for mooring lines, cable, or chain to run through.

A locker big enough to hang clothes.

A list of navigational lights arranged in geographical order, giving the position and characteristics.

Said of cable when it extends vertically and taut from anchor to hawsepipe.

When the wind pushes on the wrong side of the sail, causing it to be pushed away from the wind. If the lines holding the sail in place are not released, the boat could become hard to control and heel excessively.

The ratio and percent of the actual delivered capacity (measured at inlet temperature, pressure and gas composition) to the piston displacement.

Steering; keeping the ship on the course given (no lazy steering).

The position of a flag when lowered halfway down.

A wind shift that allows a boat to sail above its mean wind course.

Where meals are eaten

The number of degrees of list a vessel has. The first indication that a vessel may need to reef is when there is too great an angle of heel.

A method of lowering the sail in sections so that it can be reefed quickly.

A device to record temperature in a container while cargo is en route.

Short for compressed natural gas or CNG. A type of compressed gas used as fuel for stoves and heaters. CNG is stored in metal cylinders prior to use. CNG is considered safer than other types of fuel such as propane LPG - because it is lighter than air and ...

A prisoner sold in the slave market. He was forced to serve in the war galleys, where he pulled on one of the oars.

Category of bulk carrier 100.000-180.00DWT so called she is too large to pass Suez and Panama Canals.

A filter unit that combines three principles to filter out oil aerosols: 1) Direct interception - A sieving action, 2) Inertial impaction - Collision with filter media fibers, 3) Diffusion -Particles travel in a spiral motion, presenting an effective fron ...

A triangular fore-and-aft sail carried on a stay. A sail that is set on a stay, and not on a yard or a mast. On a cutter this is the sail located between the jib and the main sail