"Put the helm Aport!
"An Outcast of the Islands"
Joseph Conrad
Ouillette saw there was only one way to save his boat and the lives she carried, and, putting the wheel hard Aport, for the port chain held, he ran her on the rocks.
"Careers of Danger and Daring"
Cleveland Moffett
Let us suppose there was a steamer with a hundred miles of keel; let us suppose the steam up, and the craft with a broad offing; let us suppose her helm lash'd hard Aport, and she going at the rate of ten thousand knots the hour, without bringing up or shortening sail for years at a time.
"The Monikins"
J. Fenimore Cooper