leewardly

And again in his journal he says, "the Lady Nelson sailed so ill and had become so leewardly since the loss of the main and part of the after keel that she not only caused us delay but ran great risk of being lost."

The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Ida Lee 1904

I have now had several opportunities of seeing that from the want of our main and after keels we are so leewardly that the Investigator in 6 hours will get with ease 4 miles to windward of the brig.

The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Ida Lee 1904

Being also the leaders in the movement frustrated by Nelson, they became the most leewardly; and, as the British van on coming up passed to leeward, this contributed farther to concentrate fire upon the same vessels.

The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897

The rear was normally the most leewardly end of the line, and an oblique attack on it could be parried by wearing together.

Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. 1888

Also this _Observation_: 'It may happen that the headmost of their fleet may be the most leewardly, then in such case you are to follow this instruction, whereas before it was said to stand with the headmost ships of the enemy.'

Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. 1888

About half an hour later the skipper, who was but a short distance to leeward of us, waved us to close; and when we had done so the long-boat and the gig ran down in company to the other boats in succession, Captain Chesney ordering each, as we passed, to follow him, until we finally all found ourselves near the jolly-boat, which was the most leewardly boat of all.

The Log of a Privateersman Harry Collingwood 1886

I allow that they be only so much useless top hamper, makin 'a ship crank and leewardly.

The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Harry Collingwood 1886

"The English chief still continued on the port tack, and," says the writer, "as night fell we could see him proudly leading his line past the squadron of North Holland and Zealand [the actual rear, but proper van], which from noon up to that time had not been able to reach the enemy [Fig. 2, R ''] from their leewardly position."

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 1877

The two signals and the general tenor of the accounts show that at no time were the French re-formed after their line was broken; and all the manoeuvres tended toward, even if they did not necessitate, taking the whole fleet as far down as the most leewardly of its parts (D).

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 1877

Had his next signal been promptly obeyed, he might have passed again by the British fleet, in fairly good order, before it re-formed, and concentrated his fire on the more leewardly of its vessels.

The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence 1877