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BOATSWAIN'S CHAIR
A short board or swatch of heavy canvas, secured in a bridle of ropes, used to hoist a man aloft or over the ship's side for painting and similar work. Modern boatswain's chairs incorporate safety harnesses to prevent the occupant from falling.
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HUFFLER
A man employed to help the barges crew along tortuous channels or through bridges. See shooting a bridge.
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OMBOOne Man Bridge Operations when a sole OOW maintains a navigational watch on the bridge without the support of additional personnel, other than a helmsman engaged in steering |
MAN-B&W MC ENGINEWith its power and speed best suited to large, fast container ships. The increase in running speed is obtained by a slight decrease in engine stroke. High thermal efficiency is maintained by an increase in mean effective pressure (M.E.P.). |
BUOYANT LIGHTS
An automatically activated light (2 hour's duration) that can be deployed to assist in the search for a MOB at night.
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M.O.B.
Man overboard, revised as P.O.B person overboard.
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GROUND LOG
A device for determining the course and speed over the ground in shallow water consisting of a lead or weight attached to a line. The lead is thrown overboard and allowed to rest on the bottom. The course over ground is indicated by the direction the line tends and the speed by the amount of line paid out in a unit of time.
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OVERBOARD
Over the side or out of the boat.
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DRINK
Overboard and into the water, as it fell into the drink.
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BY THE BOARD
Anything that has gone overboard.
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