For early sailors, mistakes like this could be deadly in more ways than one, even if you didn't crash unnecessarily long journeys meant your crew might starve or get scurvy, and nobody likes scurvy.
对早期的水手来说,这样的失误在很多方面都是致命的,即使船没有触礁沉没,不必要的长途航行意味着你的船员也许会挨饿或患上坏血病,而没人喜欢得坏血病。