ballast draft

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• Draft (hull) — Draft marks on a ship s bow The draft (or draught) of a ship s hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel), with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline… …   Wikipedia

• Ballast tank — A ballast tank is a compartment within a boat or ship, that holds water. A vessel may have a single ballast tank near its center or multiple ballast tanks typically on either side. A large vessel typically will have several ballast tanks… …   Wikipedia

• ballast — ballaster, n. ballastic /beuh las tik/, adj. /bal euhst/, n. 1. Naut. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability. 2. Aeron. something heavy, as bags of sand, placed in the car of a… …   Universalium

• ballast — I. noun Etymology: probably from Low German, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish & Swedish barlast ballast; perhaps akin to Old English bær bare & to Old English hlæst load, hladan to load more at lade Date: 1530 1. a heavy substance placed in …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ballast — Any liquid or solid weight placed in a ship to change the trim, increase the draft, or to regulate the stability. Also see dry ballast lead ballast liquid ballast …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• ballast — bal•last [[t]ˈbæl əst[/t]] n. 1) naut. a heavy material carried on a vessel to control draft and stability or a balloon to control altitude 2) rai gravel or broken stone placed under the ties of a railroad 3) elm a device that maintains the… …   From formal English to slang

• ballast — A word somewhat analogous to dunnage and applied to matter such as coal, iron, ore or stone, placed in a ship s hold for trimming the ship, and bringing her down to a draft of water proper and safe for sailing. Great Western Ins. Co. v Thwing… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Sailing ballast — Ballast is used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail. Insufficiently ballasted boats will tend to tip, or heel, excessively in high winds. Too much heel may result in the boat capsizing. When sailing vessels… …   Wikipedia

• Caribbean Sailing Yachts — Caribbean Sailing Yachts, also known as CSY, are heavy displacement recreational sailboats built during the 1970s and 1980s in Tampa, Florida. CSY went out of business in the early 1980s; however, the well founded boats have continued to sail the …   Wikipedia

• Environmental impact of shipping — A cargo ship discharging ballast water into the sea. The environmental impact of shipping includes greenhouse gas emissions and oil pollution. Carbon dioxide emissions from shipping is currently estimated at 4 to 5 percent of the global total,… …   Wikipedia

• railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …   Universalium