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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Having the wind from a favorable quarter. To prevent collision of vessels, it is the duty of the vessel having the wind free to give way to a vessel beating up to windward and tacking.
3 Hagg. Adm. 215.
At sea, such vessel meeting another close hauled must give way, if necessary to prevent the danger of collision.
3 Car. & P. 528. See 9 Car. & P. 528; 2 W. Rob. Adm. 225; 2 Dods. Adm. 87.