It was nothing less than the form of a man stepping inboard over the starboard rail, a little abaft the main rigging.
"The Ghost Pirates"
William Hope Hodgson
About 2 A. M. on the 25th, the gale commenced with the utmost fury, and she rode her scuttles under water, but as they were not secure, the sea came inboard and made very fast upon us.
"Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales"
W. B. Cramp
The bow and stern are of the same pointed shape, and rise a considerable distance above the waist, giving the vessel what sailors term a deep sheer inboard.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou