sailing route
Path across water
A sailing route is a path or course taken by a vessel across water, typically planned to account for winds, currents, and navigational hazards.
Historic sailing routes connected continents for trade and exploration: the sailing route around the Cape of Good Hope, the transatlantic sailing route.
Modern usage includes both commercial shipping lanes and recreational courses: We plotted a sailing route through the islands.
- coursePlanned path forward
- shipping laneDesignated ocean travel path
- sea laneEstablished maritime route
- voyageJourney by sea
- passageSegment of text
channel · nautical · chart · navigation · heading · waypoint · great circle · nautical mile · current · wind · compass · bearing · maritime · tack · seaway · trade winds · crossing · itinerary
- sea routesshipping lane, Northwest Passage, Northeast Passage, sea lanes, seaways
- water routescanal, bay cruise, harbor tour, waterway, water trail
- boat chartersyacht charter, bareboat charter, fishing charter, houseboat rental, bareboat
- nautical recordscaptain's log, logbook, ship log, manifest, cargo manifest