"steer a boat" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe the action of controlling the direction in which the boat is traveling. For example, "Sam grabbed the wheel and began to steer the boat in a wide arc out into the lake."
Meijer set out to develop an electronic steering system that uses GPS data to automatically steer a boat.
She adapted a similar technology to steer a boat, with two straws connected to motors.
How has your leadership style evolved? A. If you think about how you steer a boat, it's always from the back, and I've moved toward the back of the boat.
Hilary Lister, a quadriplegic sailor who learned mouth-controlled navigation technologies to steer a boat and became the first quadriplegic to sail alone across the English Channel and the first female quadriplegic to make her way solo around Britain, died Aug. 18 at a hospital in Ashford, England.
Anyone who has steered a boat knows how much effort is needed to keep the boat on course when currents are pushing it in different directions.
You can ride an old tram, sit in a Victorian classroom, steer a canal boat through a tunnel with your legs (which Lenny Henry advertised when a kid by yelling "Leggy Henry!"), drink in an old pub and watch various skilled labourers at work.
Greenberg has also known families to prize nannies who can steer a 32-foot boat, help manage an art collection or, in one case, drive a Zamboni to clean a private ice rink.
But imagining a nanny who's not only permanently on call (apparently, one thing families are paying for is "the privilege … of never worrying if their nanny has plans") but can get your children invited to A-list toddler parties and steer a 32-foot boat made me wonder what qualities I would look for in a Pavillion Agency nanny after my imaginary lottery win.
Two deckhands steered a rescue boat toward the body, which was floating face down.
One day in October, Bill Sheehan, executive director of the Hackensack Riverkeeper, an environmental group, steered a pontoon boat through Saw Mill Creek.
He plays a depressed, disillusioned Phileas Fogg type (maybe his son was killed in the war) who steers a magical boat around the globe.
