Our Reward

*it is possible this story is apocryphal, we were unable to find the original source of the story.

Admiral Nelson of the British Navy was renowned for his mastery of naval strategy, a genius from whom students of seamanship could gain invaluable insight. While sailing with Nelson in the West Indies, Sir Robert Stopford wrote to a loved one, reflecting on the hardships of life at sea:

“We are half starved and otherwise inconvenienced by [being] so long out of port, but our reward is that we are with Nelson.”…