Possible Clues:

• Floater of pairs
• Ancient cruise director?
• Sailor who sent forth a dove
• One to rescue limited number, going to a height
• Biblical patriarch 'righteous in this generation'
• Boat-builder into yacht after regular outings?
• Yannick --, tennis player who won the French Open in 1983
• Biblical woodworker
• Webster of words
• Refusal to take a horse? He took two