Fresh sailing just off the south coast of England? (8)
I believe the answer is:
insolent
'fresh' is the definition.
(fresh can mean rude or disrespectful)
'sailing just off the south coast of england?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'south' could be 's' (synonyms) and 's' is found within the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'england?' could be 'e' and 'e' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
(Other definitions for insolent that I've seen before include "Bold" , "Extremely fresh" , "Saucy" , "Showing an arrogant lack of respect" , "Being discourteous and insulting" .)