sea time
Hours aboard ship
Sea time is the period a sailor or maritime professional spends working aboard a vessel at sea, typically counted toward licensing requirements or career advancement.
Merchant mariners must log a certain amount of sea time to qualify for promotions or certifications: She needed 360 days of sea time to sit for her third mate exam.
The term emphasizes actual time underway rather than time employed by a shipping company.
- voyageJourney by sea
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- deckShip's flat surface
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
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