Possible Clues:

• Free of debt
• On the surface, say
• Drifting at sea
• ... covering round character with enough money to keep going
• Buoyant oratorios primarily in G sharp?
• Demonstrating buoyancy
• A cash reserve for moving aboard
• Out of debt, so to speak
• Having one's head above water, beginning to accumulate cash in hand
• Solvent, with nothing put into a place to live