WINGING AWAY TO NAUTICAL TRIVIA
04 November 2015 | 23 09'N:20 40'W, FURTHER SOUTH OF THE CANARIES, OFF THE COAST OF MAURITANIA
ROB
M/V Moonbeam can now be called S/V Moonbeam. No more engine noise! We have been holding the "wing" since early yesterday morning. The winds have held steady out of the NNW in the low teens and we are making great boat speed! Faithful blog readers have had to tolerate my blathering lately because some of the crew was "under the weather" and not up to posting. No worries, everyone is better now. However, did you know that "under the weather", like so many other coloquialisms that we use in everyday speech, is a derivation of nautical slang. In the days of the tall ships, the worst berth was all the way foreward on the leeward side, or "under the weather rail". The sailors who got these bunks invariably got seasick and were said to be "under the weather". And now you know. You should also know that we haven't caught any more fish - bummer.