Captain Hazard insisted upon his turning in immediately, to recover from the fatigue and anxiety he had undergone during the day, and to his remonstrances laughingly observed that he was not in a proper state of mind to be trusted with the charge of a night-watch, and that Robinson, the oldest boat-steerer, should take his place.
"An Old Sailor's Yarns"
Nathaniel Ames
Again, with lateral movement in first and second machines, it is difficult for the steerer to know to exactness when his rudder is 'off.
"Boating"
W. B. Woodgate Commentator: Harvey Mason