A boat is in irons when she fails to go about from one tack to the other and lies head to wind unable to pay off on either tack.
Isikhephe sizephantsi xa singaphumeleli ukuhamba malunga icala lesikhephe esibheka ngkulo olunye ukuya kolunye kwaye lilalise intloko emoyeni lingakwazi ukubhekela ngaphandle okanye kwelinye icala lesikhephe esibheka ngakulo.