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How to use sternway in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word sternway? Here are some examples.

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If this does not work, but results in sternway, shove the tiller clear over to the opposite side.
You do not want to make headway or sternway but simply pivot with a continuous motion.
Be sure that the rudder is amidships, or else aimed to port if the boat starts making sternway.
Try dropping the anchor while simultaneously backing down under power, making sternway, to see how the boat handles.
Examples from Classical Literature
The brig may get a lot of sternway on her should this squall not strike her fairly.
This gives her sternway, and the after sails and helm keep her to the wind.
The helm, being put down to bring her up, will now pay her off, as she has sternway on.
Therefore, when sternway is on a vessel, put the helm in the same direction in which the head is to be turned.
The mass of iron fell half in-board upon the now stayed boat, and gave her sternway, with a splintered plank.
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