Definition of steerageway
: a rate of motion sufficient to make a ship or boat respond to movements of the rudder
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Lake officials are asking boaters to treat all lakes as a no-wake zones and proceed at a speed no greater than what is required to maintain steerageway and headway to avoid flooding nearby homes.
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1762
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