It went up toward empty space, in which no other vessel was navigating anywhere.

Locally built wooden vessels were navigating the river into the late 19th Century.

More seriously, the times of day when vessels could navigate the canal were extremely short and constantly changing.

A large vessel could not well navigate in the sound unless during a time when the rivers were in flood.

Ocean-going vessels of largest size and deepest draft could navigate there.

When the vessels are navigating side to side, they can be moored.

"Any vessel, including war ships, can freely navigate those waters at any time."

However, those vessels could not navigate horizontally along the bottom of the sea bed, severely limiting their scientific exploration capability.

By lining up the two lights, vessels could navigate the Stamford Channel, which no longer exists.

A vessel constrained by her draft shall navigate with particular caution having full regard to her special condition.