Abaft Meaning:
prep.) Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
abaft sentence:
A collapsible derrick crane was fitted port abaft.
When the wind is abaft the beam, raise the main tack.
Keep turning with headsail backed until wind is abaft the beam.
When the wind is abaft the beam, then clear air is available only at the windward end.
If one ship is abaft the other and travelling faster, we think a time would come when the faster ship will win.
Wet and soggy conditions, but the crew is in high spirits because the wind is abaft the beam, and we will be at our anchorage tomorrow.