Going Off Large
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Having the wind course to either side, proceed straight forward or return to the point from which she started; Ward v. The Fashion, Fed. Cas. No. 17,165. It differs technically from “going before the wind” which means that the wind is free, comes from the stern and the yards are braced square across, whereas going off large is when the wind blows from a point abaft the beam or from the quarter; Hall v. The Buffalo, Fed. Cas. No. 5,927.