Illogically, sailors turn right, with delay wasting seconds (8)

'illogically' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'sailors turn right with delay wasting seconds' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'sailors' could be 'abs' (AB is short for able seaman) and 'abs' is found in the answer.
'turn' could be 'u' (a 'U-turn' is a kind of turn) and 'u' is found in the answer.
'right' could be 'r' (common abbreviation) and 'r' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?