After G-4 returned to the yard, the broken rudders were repaired and the stabilizer mechanism removed by 10 March.

The bad news was that the ship had a leaky bottom, a broken rudder, and uncertain engines.

He has lied so often that it has become another sign of a broken rudder.

Another flash showed him four men clinging to the shattered mast and the rigging, while a fifth clung to the broken rudder.

His 50-foot yacht, Volcano, was forced to turn back at the race start in Newport because of a broken rudder.

There may not be any more; still, having a broken rudder - and probably unable to rig a jury one - is bad enough.

A broken rudder, augurs disappointment and sickness.

He began directing the crew what to do about the broken rudder.

Then he said: "Well, perhaps we can make a shift if we can repair the broken rudder.

I must go there, and all these fairy tales about wrong steamers and broken rudders and so on are useless.