A rope attached to the clew of the foresail and rove through a block on the swinging boom. Used for guying the clews out when before the wind.

A charge for services performed in connection with floating elevators.- Charges assessed for the handling of grain through grain elevators.

Tightly woven cloth used for sails, awnings, covers, dodgers and biminis; slang for sails.

An empty wine bottle after its contents have been drunk.

Federal Communications Commission Rules governing radio equipment and operation in the United States.

A fitting holding a boom or gaff to the mast.

A penalty charge against shippers or consignees for delaying carrier's equipment beyond allowed time. Demurrage applies to cargo; detention applies to equipment. See Per Diem.

A document, issued by a bank per instructions by a buyer of goods, authorizing the seller to draw a specified sum of money under specified terms, usually the receipt by the bank of certain documents within a given time. Some of the specific descriptions a ...

To cause the land to sink below horizon by sailing away from it.

A beam which supports a deck.

A charted feature or chosen position on a chart

Master of a sea-going vessel. Certificated officer competent and qualified to be master of a sea-going vessel.

Power as calculated from compressor-indicator diagrams.

Lift anchor off the bottom.

A phrase with a nautical derivation, meaning a man under the influence of drink or unsteadiness through drink.

A drogue or drag device to slow down a boat, hold its bow into the sea in heavy weather, and reduce the boat's drift downwind.

The conversion of mechanical, electrical or magnetic energy into heat.

A projecting aperture at the end of a tube, pipe etc. serving as an outlet for compressed air. Reduces the demand on the compressor by generating the highest thrust and volume for the lowest possible air consumption.

Unlicensed members of the engine department who attend to a fully automated engine room.

(1) Order to men at the mast to extend themselves at intervals along a yard. (2) To keep a vessel at a certain place until a specified time has elapsed.