"With all my heart, I urge you to pull up an anchor and make full sail before we lose the tide and are left stranded on the beach, exposed to the coming storms."
VOA: standard.2009.09.28
Cumbria's adopted warship has set sail on her final voyage before she is de-commissioned later this year.
Yesterday afternoon, a few hours before we set sail from Bangkok, I asked Sebastian to bring vodka martinis and caviar for a little departure party I was having on the verandah. (Cabins on the Penthouse Deck and on decks nine, eight, and some on seven have them.) Around six, when we were slated to push off from the dock.