society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > remain (stationary) away from shore or ship (2)
Nautical. Of a ship or boat: To stand some distance away from the shore or from some other craft.
Nautical. To steer (a ship) away from the shore. Also intransitive, to remain stationary outside a harbour.