Day #56: Linguists say that Eskimos have at least 50 words for snow (Washington Post, 14 January 2013). This makes sense, an Eskimo's life can ride in the balance and so specificity is important. Specificity is also important in boating because not all boating is cruising. Here's an example, several years ago we took Nellie from Ft. Lauderdale to the Chesapeake in 10 days. This year that same 1000 mile trip will take 40 days. Both trips fall in the 'boating' category but only the second is cruising. A 1000 miles in ten days--that's a delivery trip. Why is this distinction important? Because it's all about expectations. A cruise is mostly fun. A delivery trip is mostly work. As is confirmed by today's picture, and the whopping 14nm made good today, we're cruising!
Tonight we're on a mooring ball in Carolina Beach, NC. According to Nellie's digital knot log we've cruised a total of 1130nm. DBH.
