to take abroad water

[Gość: lelum]

seems an idiom to me meaning sort of do sth in vein?

[Gość: Steve]

Possibly a miss-spelling of to 'take aboard water', generally meaning to stop a
boat at a port just for water and no other purpose. It may have a wider meaning
of delaying for purely practical purposes rather than pursuing a wider
objective, maybe with a feeling of frustration. It should not be confused with
'to ship water', which means the possibility of sinking,