Haytham was no where to be see as he had opted not to stay too near the ship. There was the danger that a bullet hitting the water might not be slowed enough to avoid injury but more importantly she had said she was going to use fire. These grand old sailing ships did not handle fire well. They had the tendency to be too difficult to quench if a fire did catch hold of them and there was always the risk of the flames finding the powder reserves...

He made it to the nearby dock closer to shore and stealthily lifted himself out of the water far enough to grab the soldier standing there from behind. This man was quickly ended and his body pulled down into the sea, opening a path for himself and Korra to escape the harbor without alerting any more guards.