The Earth like any circle consists of 360 degrees. Each degree is split into 60 minutes which is nice and easy to remember as there are also 60 minutes in an hour. Now each of these degrees is a nautical mile. So one minute is also one nautical mile, and one degree is sixty nautical miles. So there was nothing tough about that then. Therefore there are 21600 nautical miles going around the World i.e. 60 minutes multiplied by 360 degrees = 21,600.
So a nautical mile is different than the mile that we know about. Simply because most of us know that there are 25,000 miles to cover in order to travel around the World. So by land its 25,000 miles and by sea it’s 21,600 nautical miles. I have to check all of this with on the crew on the Celebrity Eclipse as I may have the values wrong as someone said that a nautical mile is less than a mile mile. But if that was so, then the number of nautical miles around the world should be greater than the number of land miles. If you see, what I mean?
Yesterday we were in Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy. Mrs B and I walked about 5 nautical miles in blistering heat over the ruins of Nora, and down from the City Battlements into the centre later in the day. Nora was first a Phoenician colony and trading port. Cagliari is on the southern tip of Sardinia and as the Capital it also hosts the largest community on the island. We have had a great day, but I am truly whacked. I am chilling in ‘Cafe al Bacio’ on Deck 5 while listening to the excellent Spanish Guitarist, Adam Westcott. Pure bliss, tip top surroundings, air conditioning, excellent coffee and a superb musician.
Celebrity Cruise Tip 17: Summer sailing, then buy a hat and some good sun block
