Since my mind is on ships today (we leave for our cruise tomorrow), when my west coast brother posed the question 'why is the ocean called the "Main? What exactly is the Bounding Main?" I did a little research and here's what I discovered.
The bounding main is the mass of water occupying all of the Earth's surface not occupied by land, but excluding all lakes and inland seas. So I guess, since we will be sailing on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, we will indeed be sailing 'over the bounding main.'
Sing it with me: "Sailing, sailing over the bounding main..."
PS It turns out that the Bounding Main is also the name of a singing group. So, if you aren't handy to an ocean, you can listen to their music.
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