putting to sea
Leaving the harbor
Putting to sea is departing from shore or harbor to begin a voyage.
The phrase applies to ships and their crews leaving port for open water: The fleet is putting to sea at dawn.
It emphasizes the transition from land to maritime travel, often suggesting the start of a significant journey.
- seaworthyFit for ocean travel
- seaSaltwater body, not ocean
- open waterUnobstructed body navigable freely
- embarkationBeginning a voyage
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
setting sail · launch · charts · nautical charts · ship's log · stowage · tide tables · voyage · port of call · rudder · compass · sails · maiden voyage · anchor · casting off · weigh anchor · current · captain
- setting sailsetting sail, weighing anchor, casting off, undocking, embarking
putting to seadocking
Connecting to a port
berthing · landing · dropping anchor · mooring · making landfall
putting to sealaid up
Confined by illness
at anchor · moored · beached · mothballed · decommissioned
puts, putter, putting, seaward, seawards, seafarer, seagoing, seaside, seascape