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A shore lying on the leeward side of a ship (and on to which a ship could be blown in foul weather).
‘The area can be quite windy at times in summer, but there is rarely a time when a lee shore is not available.’
‘Keeping close to the lee shore with John watching out for rocks, we slowly made our way back to base.’
‘Peyron and his crew overcame two near flips, waves that put a three-foot crack in the starboard hull, and hurricane-force winds that nearly drove them onto a lee shore near Cape Horn.’
‘As the sun came up, the other single-anchored vessel was sighted at the far side of the bay dragging anchor towards the lee shore.’
‘In fact, it now became necessary to think about how to make a landing on this lee shore without having the entire survival effort end in disaster.’