“A state of good luck,
good fortune, wealth, prosperity.”
“When things are more
expensive or richer than your social status. Being High Cotton means you are
rich or wealthy.”
Staying
for a couple of nights at the “Mega dock” of the Charleston City Marina, we
have certainly been in High Cotton! Docked right next to us, were two of the
largest ocean going sail boats we have ever seen. These two yachts had crew only on them, young men scrubbing, washing and
polishing all day long and we didn’t see anyone resembling an owner, sponsor or
even “captain”. One was a J boat, named Hanuman, one of very few replicas of
the classic Endeavour and 40 m long (yes, METERS, take that times three and you
will get the approximate footage!!) (http://www.jclassyachts.com/hanuman/index.html). The other was an ORC named Ngomi (http://www.superyachttimes.com/sale/details/4083
. Both boats were heading to the Carribean were, apparently, in March every
year there is a big race for larger-than-life sail boats like this. Amazing –
and definitely High Cotton.
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