Posted by Pam Adams on August 04, 2014 at 09:02:09 user PamAdams.
In Reply to: Re: Nautical Term posted by Dan Lind on August 01, 2014 at 08:16:02:
There's a moment in one of the Patrick O'Brian novels where a new helmsman is worried about 'a slight judder' in HMS Surprise's answering of the helm. Tom Pullings puts his hand on the wheelm and says 'It's just one of her tricks- she has always done it.'