Possible Clues:

• Set on course, new ship or book
• Start to eat outside area
• Open one in light meal
• Inaugurate church with articles in Le Figaro
• That's you in a meal to mark the start of the ship's career
• Take meal outside a boat
• Boat's first trip?
• A meal about a slip off for a ship
• Start consuming a meal
• Set afloat or propel into action