![]() ![]() THE ISLES OF EBONY= Ebony is a very hard expensive black wood produced in the jungles of Africa and southern India. TIREE= A Celtic island off the coast of Scotland. SHADE= A darker area where the sun rays are blocked by an object (trees in this case).ĪVALON= A legendary island, like a paradise, appearing in the legend of King Arthur.įIJI= A paradisiacal group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. PALAU= An island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines. THE YELLOW SEA= A sea between China and Korea.īISSAU= The capital city of Guinea-Bissau. Today it is the capital of Libya.īEYOND= Further than. TRIPOLI= An ancient city in the Mediterranean sea, founded by the Phoenicians. A beach is an area of sand between the sea and the land. For most modern sailboats, reaching is the fastest way to travel. REACH= (a sailing term) When the boat is traveling approximately perpendicular to the wind, this is called reaching. ORINOCO= A tributary river to the Amazon flowing across Venezuela's rain forest.įLOW= When a liquid (a river in this case) moves, we say that it flows. We can steer, we can near with Rob Dickins at the wheel We can sail, we can sail: with the Orinoco Flow Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow Seaįrom Bissau, to Palau in the shade of Avalonįrom Fiji, to Tiree and the isles of Ebonyįrom Peru, to Cebu: feel the power of Babylonįrom Bali, to Cali: far beneath the Coral Seaįrom the North to the South: Ebudae unto Khartoumįrom the deep Sea of Clouds: to the Island of the MoonĬarry me on the waves to the land I've never beenĬarry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen Let me sail, let me sail: let me crash upon your shore Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli Let me sail, let me sail: let the Orinoco Flow.
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