pilotage

sail; put to sea (depart); take ship, get under way; set sail, spread sail, spread canvas; gather way, have way on; make sail, carry sail; plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean; walk the waters., navigate, warp, luff, scud, boom, kedge; drift, course, cruise, coast; hug the shore, hug the land; circumnavigate., ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam., swim, float; buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer, dive, wade., fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter; take wing, take a flight; wing one's flight, wing one's way; aviate.