On Feb 21, 5:30 am, Rosalie B. wrote:
... I'm not sure what the definition of cruising is, but it should include
living on the boat and moving it occasionally. ...

Yes, I think so, too. For instance in one seven and a bit month
season we visited Palmyra, Kanton, Apia, Niuatoputapu, and Savusavu.
Followed by six months mostly at anchor in New Zealand. Basically, we
were living on the boat and occasionally moving and for me this is the
very best form of cruising. Lots of people go from the West coast to
Oz or New Zealand in a few months and spend all their time at anchor
writing their blogs. Obviously, that's what they like, but we still
send letters back and forth with many folks from the places we've
visited and I cherish the time we've spent just sitting around and
getting to know folks... YMMV, of course, but in my book living
aboard and moving around a bit is cruising in Florida every bit as
much as it is in Tonga.

-- Tom.