HARD OVER: Turning the wheel as far as possible
HALYARD: A rope used for hoisting a sail.
HARD CHINE: An abrupt intersection between the hull side and the hull bottom of a boat so constructed.
hard over
Turning the steering wheel or tiller all the way in one direction.
hard-top
A large fiberglass roof or platform over the helm area.
hard over
To move all the way in one direction, such as when turning the wheel.
hard-a-lee ...
hard over - Making an abrupt turn; turning a wheel (or tiller) in one direction as far as it can go. In sailing, the boat is tilted over to the safe maximum or more. If the toe rail is in the water, you are likely hard over.
Hard Over:
Turning the wheel or tiller as far as possible
Harden up:
(1) To sail a boat closer to the wind : to steer closer to the wind, usually by pulling in on the sheets ...
hard over -- turning the wheel as far as possible
harden up -- to steer closer to the wind, usually by pulling in on the sheets
hatch -- opening on deck with a cover
haul around -- change from a run to a reach ...
Hard over - turning the wheel as far as possible
Halyards: - lines used to haul up the sail and the wooden poles (boom and gaff) that hold the sails in place.
If you run aground while close-hauled, let go the mainsheet, put the helm hard over and try to back her off with the jib, at the same time using a boathook or oar to try to shove her into deep water.
To put the helm hard over is to push or turn it as far as possible. When the helm is hard up, the boat heads off; when hard down, she heads up. "Hard alee" ("lee-oh) is the steerer's report that the helm is hard down and the boat is tacking.
If P/AH completes her tack and assumes a close-hauled course so close to S that S has no room to avoid hitting P/AH unless she throws her helm hard over then P/AH breaks Rule 15 (because she did not leave S enough room to keep clear by acting ...
The large wheel takes barely a half turn to be hard over. This is a result of not only the steering gear but the rudder placement and narrow chord keel fin.
Small boat rudders that can be steered more or less perpendicular to the hull's longitudinal axis make effective brakes when pushed "hard over." However, terms such as "hard over," "hard to starboard," etc.
You may have to regain speed and try the tack again. Too prevent stalling, be going as fast as you can and as close to the wind as possible before tacking, and then turn quickly with the helm hard over.
 See also: Point, Boat, Forward, Rope, Hull
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