Named after the famous privateer, the Sir Francis Drake Channel constitues an 'inland sea' in the middle of the Caribbean Ocean.
We anchored one night in the 'Bight' of Norman Island. The meaning of which is an indentation in a coast so wide that it may be sailed out of on one tack in any wind. ... and so we began to learn the origins of many sayings so oft heard but not necessarily fully understood.
We got to understand a world that splices the mainbrace, while keeping a weather eye open to pour oil on troubled waters as landlubbers shoved off to much scuttlebutt and talked a lot of bilge.....
...and all the while marvelled at the beauty and tranquility of these most idyllic ever changing vistas of verdant slopes and sparkling seas where we'd drop anchor in intimate coves and exquiste bays.
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