Wiktionary
alt. (context nautical English) To appear at a distance, to emerge in the field of vision. vb. (context nautical English) To appear at a distance, to emerge in the field of vision.
Usage examples of "heave in sight".
At any moment now the Crozet islands might heave in sight, and to reach them he must be able to manoeuvre the ship.
Proper flats we should look, was a Frenchman to heave in sight,' he observed, looking up and down the confusion.
Proper flats we should look, was a Frenchman to heave in sight,’.
What he needed now was a British ship of the line to heave in sight.
And two of the prizes, the John Busby and Pretty Anne, were so damnably thick and stupid and slow they had to be towed, and at any moment the Constitution might heave in sight.
He would, of course, be understandably anxious to have the transfer completed before any curious third ship might heave in sight over the horizon, but even so.
Still, they accomplished it without accident, and their pursuers did not heave in sight.