Seven men and the master - he complains of several desertions before sailing.

Just before sailing, Tom received another message from his strange employer.

We were called together on the deck for a moment before sailing, and I shook hands with all of them.

I had come here before first sailing for America, but now, almost a year later, nothing had changed.

The rest o' the deck is the usual mess what come about before sailing.

This is fully refundable up to 76 days before sailing.

One ran out on me the day before sailing.

He had left a letter in the last mailbag taken off before sailing.

Cruises must be booked and deposits received 90 days before sailing.

With the new measures, boarding may begin as much as five or six hours before sailing.