a-port

Hard a-port yet, and get her close-hauled as you can, and the Lord may have mercy on us still!

Westward Ho! 2007

They instantly braced up the after - yards, put the helm a-port, and stood after her again.

The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993

He rang down to the engine-room for Slow Ahead then. said to Harrison: 'Hard a-port.

Santorini MacLean, Alistair 1986

"When I tell you, " she shouted back at him over the roar of the engine and the spray, -go hard a-port.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

"When I tell you, " she shouted back at him over the roar of the engine and the spray, -go hard a-port.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

"When I tell you, " she shouted back at him over the roar of the engine and the spray, -go hard a-port.

For Love Of Mother Not Foster, Alan Dean 1983

When the enemy was ranging alongside, Barney cried out, "Hard a-port."

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Anonymous

At early dawn the next morning, while I was lying awake in my room on the bridge, I heard the officer of the deck give the quick sharp order to the helmsman "hard a-port!"

The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner John Wilkinson

By manual gear the helm was moved from midships to hard a-starboard in 40 sec., from starboard to hard a-port in 2 min. 10 sec., and from hard a-port to midships in 2 min. 20 sec.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various

Every sail was lowered to the deck, the helm was put hard a-port, and the gust came upon us with terrible fury.

Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper