Just wondering, why is a trip to Jamaica called a "REACH"
Just wondering, why is a trip to Jamaica called a "REACH"
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Just a guess but.....
In patois "you reach?" means "did you get there/here?"
So I think that is something that was originally asked of a visitor by a Jamaican ....
Like "mi glad you reach" or "so you reach"
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Captain Dave
Sounds good to me Captain!! Mi soon reach!! And I cannot wait to reach!
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A reach is a sailing term...If you catch a favoriable wind and can travel on a "broad reach" that is the fastest point of sail. " We made great distance and time on our last "reach"....".A head wind reuires one to tact several times to get to point B. This can double the distance required to arrive at your distination. Yes you can sail directly into the wind but it requires one to tact (zig zag) to get there. If you have a quartering head wind or a wind across the boat you can set the sail and the boat in a "broad reach" or a reach...My bet is this is where the term started....Yes I was a sailor but not a pirate....
BE A TRAVELR
Having raced the Miami - MoBay race several time you don't start reaching until you enter the windward passage. Until that starboard turn it can be a beat.Originally Posted by BR Mon
BTW. There is no such maneuver as "tacking" It's called "coming about. It's one of the "trick" questions on the sailing endorsement test.
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Captain Dave
Thanks for the "sailing class"...I was a fresh water sailer with only one short trip Bareboating on a Bristol 29 in the Abacos for a week...yes, I would announce "coming about" just before the tack....I have followed your post here and have total respect for what you guys do on the open seas. I thought about the people that caught rides on the Banana boats to and from Jamaica and wondered if this term could have been used by them afterhearing the terms used by the crew.. however I have heard the term "Reach' used around the world and not just Jamaica...Oh, I can fly an airplane...yes take off and land and not bend the plane....Just incase the conversation moved from boats to aircraft...
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My response is in jest as you would guess. Thanks for your contributins and your knowledge of Jamaica and life in general..
BE A TRAVELR
Interesting question....and responses. Never even thought to question that.
Stir IT UP
The old Harry Belefonte song with the line "when I REACHED Jamaica I made a stop" came to mind but the sailing reference makes sense.
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I just figured it was a term that more "seasoned" travelers use instead of "Trip" hahaha
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au contraire mon frere
come about: To tack or change heading relative to the wind.
tacking: working to windward by sailing close-hauled on alternate courses so that the wind is first on one side of the boat, then on the other.
jibing: changing direction with the wind aft; to change from one tack to another by turning the stern through the wind; also spelled gybing.
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