the natural tendency of a sailboat to turn toward the wind, which the helmsman feels as the tiller tries to turn to leeward.
tendency to turn into the wind, because the mast is not far in front of the fin. A little weather helm may not be a bad thing but in strong winds it can get out of hand
Marked tendency of a sailboat to turn into the wind, even when the rudder is centered. This is easily countered by wedging a heavy object against the tiller. See CREW.
A situation in which the helm of a sailboat is hard to steer because the sailboat is trying to come up into the wind; often caused by bad weather or an imbalance in the boat’s sails
The tendency of a vessel to come up into the wind