The variation, trifling as it was, brought the wind on the opposite quarter, and caused the boom that distended her mainsail to gybe.
"The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas"
James Fenimore Cooper
So they ran before it largely till the bows were pressed right under, and it was no human poser that saved the gybe.
"Hills and the Sea"
H. Belloc
I'm going to gybe her."
"The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales"
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch