A vessel is said to have steerage way when she is making sufficient speed through the water that the flow will enable the rudder to be effective and she will "answer her helm."
Kuthiwa iyajikwa inqanawa xa ibaleka ngesantya esaneleyo emanzini abangela ukuba oko kubaleka kwenze irada isebenze ize "iliphendule ivili lokujika inqanawa"