setting sail
Beginning a voyage
Setting sail is the act of beginning a voyage by water, originally referring to unfurling a ship's sails to catch the wind.
The phrase now applies to any departure by boat: We're setting sail for the Caribbean tomorrow.
Figuratively, it marks the start of any significant journey or undertaking: She's setting sail on a new chapter in her career.
- embarkingBeginning a voyage
- boatWatercraft for travel
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- departureAct of going away
- hoistingRaising with effort
nautical · ship ahoy · wanderlust · beginnings · voyage · cruise · maiden voyage · ocean · adventure · casting off · heading · mast · tides · compasses · currents · wind · sea breeze · unmooring
- setting sailweighing anchor, casting off, putting to sea, undocking, embarking
- ship activitiescruise, voyage, departure, ship launch, maiden voyage
movement vs. stationary securing
setting sailmooring
Vessel's secured resting place
dropping anchor · anchoring · docking · tying up · berthing
setting, sets, setter, setters, sail, sails, sailed, sailing, sailor