Wonderfully expert Helmsmen they become after years of this sort of work-more trying to the nerves and exacting quite as much skill as the "jockeying" for place at the start of an international yacht race.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot
When in action, all the officers and men would be sent below except the Helmsmen, who are also protected, with the captain and a lieutenant, and the men inside the turrets working the guns.
"A Yacht Voyage Round England"
W.H.G. Kingston
The ruler who is good for anything ought not to beg his subjects to be ruled by him; although the present governors of mankind are of a different stamp; they may be justly compared to the mutinous sailors, and the true Helmsmen to those who are called by them good-for-nothings and star-gazers.
"Plato's Republic"
Plato