nicole eagerly accepted his offer but before going below deck she turned and said , just steer straight , but then realizing that was a meaningless term on an open ocean to a neophyte she said , qto ostro verso scirocco , she smiled teasing matt knowing he would not have a clue about traditional wind points and then clarified for a landlubber , one hundred seventy degrees , and then walked back and pointed at the compass , south by east .