No master in his right mind will sail before dawn.

We sail on the Galathia before the end of the week.

Or hadn't you noticed that we'll be sailing before the wind?

We should sail before the end of the year.

After that they sailed on west or south-west, before a northeast wind.

Newton sailed six voyages before his father retired in 1742.

I suppose you sailed on the boat before mine.

It is for your sakes that I want him to sail before the mast.

For navigation, it was better to sail from France before 1 May.

He then orders his comrades to prepare to sail that morning, before sunrise.