seven seas

maceill · Post by **maceill** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:17 pm

Talking with my brother over christmas,about the family, and he remembered, my mother saying she had only been on a boat once in her life, to were the SEVEN SEAS meet and it was so bad she would never sail again. anyone know were the seven seas meet?
thanks
maceill

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:21 am

My geography may be way off, but I don't think the seven seas do actually meet.

Thinking of where the seas may be rough,
Cape Horn (Sth America) the Atlantic meets the Pacific.
Cape of Good Hope (Africa) Atlantic meets the Indian Ocean.
Bay of Biscay, Nth Atlantic can be rough.

I can recall a boat trip between Scotland & Ireland as a child, so rough we bobbed about like a cork.

Have you any idea where your mother was going on the boat?

Kathy

Andrew C. · Post by **Andrew C.** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:27 pm

Any chance this could have been a saying, inferring she had never been on a boat?

Post by **AndrewP** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:17 pm

According to Chambers Dictionary, the Seven Seas are:

North Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean
Antarctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Ocean

I think I can safely say that there is no place on the surface of this planet where these seas all meet. Unless of course you know differently...

All the best,

AndrewP

Post by **paddyscar** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:17 pm

My first reaction was

... was I away from class that day?

My second was, is it a saying, or a poem? Unfortunately, I couldn't locate either, that referred directly to the seas all meeting.

I wonder if it was rather like the idea of 'The Perfect Storm' ( the George Clooney movie) - where all the worst aspects of individual storms converge into one? The worst rain, the strongest winds, the highest seas, the greatest lightning, etc. - all at the same time.

Frances

derekfrom france · Post by **derekfrom france** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:05 pm

hi
what are the seven seas ?
there is no definitive answer to this question the phrase is a figure of speech and has been used to refer to different bodies of water at various times and places.the ancient romans called the lagoons seperated from the open sea near venice the septem maria or seven seas.
in your case i think it is probably an area in scotland where seven bodies of sea meet eg minch etc etc.
the seven seas is also a luxury cruise company.
cheers derek from france

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:37 pm

AndrewP wrote:According to Chambers Dictionary, the Seven Seas are:

North Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean
Antarctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Ocean

I think I can safely say that there is no place on the surface of this planet where these seas all meet. Unless of course you know differently...

All the best,

AndrewP

In which case I beg to differ with Chambers

These are the oceans, but there are many more "seas".

David

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:21 pm

If she ever sailed through the Corrievreckan it must have felt like seven seas meeting, and looked like it with all the islands round about.
Even though the whirlpool is only the Atlantic tide coming in or out of the Sound it must qualify as one of the most hair-raising sails even in a island hopping ferry.

Agree with David. Seas and oceans are quite different things.

Russell

Post by **emanday** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:27 pm

I went on a boat trip to the Corrievreckan whirlpool and it is awesome! Also very scary

sheilajim · Post by **sheilajim** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:03 pm

Hi Macneil

I don't know where your mother went, but my mother emigrated to Canada from Scotland on ship,The Letitia 11. She said that she was so seasick on the journey that she would never travel by ship again. The North Atlantic can be very rough.

Regards

Sheila