The main sheet was instantly let go, so also with the fore and stay sails, and the boat promptly brought to the wind, while the woman at the helm issued one or two orders to her boy-crew which were instantly obeyed.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Starboard or port your helm until at the time calculated the reflection of the sight vane on the pelorus dial cuts on the proper magnetic bearing.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper
The captain then placed himself at the helm; the supercargo, the Chinese merchant, the sick man, and myself were seated near him; the sailors grasped the rude oars which they had themselves constructed; and, twenty-two in number, we put out to sea.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot