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self-ˈsteering, vbl. n. Naut.
[self- 4.]
The steering or directing of a vessel on a predetermined course by automatic means; self-steering gear (also sails), apparatus by which this is achieved; also absol.
1950E. C. Hiscock Cruising under Sail ii. xix. 363 For a single-handed or short-handed ocean passage I consider that self-steering sails are most necessary. 1956P. Johnson in J. Morwood Sail Evolution (A.Y.R.S. Publ. No. 3) 22 It is not only to the single-handed ocean voyager that self steering is useful. 1957T. Herbert Self Steering (A.Y.R.S. Publ. No. 13) 6 Self Steering may be defined as the ability of a sailing boat to stay on a set course relative to the wind... The various types of self steering gears fall into two broad categories: 1. Those gears which convert variations in wind pressure on the sails into rudder movements [etc.]. 1971J. R. L. Anderson Reckoning in Ice viii. 153, I had no self-steering on Gudrid, but she was a beautifully balanced boat. 1976Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 1 Nov. 3/6 The 29-year-old blonde Lymington girl..expressed her admiration for..the winner—‘one of the greatest sailors who have ever been, because he sailed without self-steering gear.’ |