Boats And Sailing Quotes - Page 2

• I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

  John Masefield

  Life, Dream, Sweet

  'Sea Fever' (1902)

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• I don't know who named them swells. There's nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls.

  Hugo Vihlen

  Should Have, Sailing, Nautical

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• I want a boat that drinks 6, eats 4, and sleeps 2.

  Ernest K. Gann

  Sleep, Sailing, Nautical

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• Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Give him a fishing lesson and he'll sit in a boat drinking beer every weekend.

  Alex Blackwell

  Drinking, Beer, Weekend

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• I must go down to the sea again For the call of the running tide It's a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.

  John Masefield

  Running, Sea, Sailing

  "Sea Fever" l. 5 (1902)

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• To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at sea 'cruising' it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.

  Sterling Hayden

  Mean, Sea, Play

  Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.42, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• You do not ask a tame seagull why it needs to disappear from time to time toward the open sea. It goes, that's all.

  Bernard Moitessier

  Sea, Sailing, Needs

  Bernard Moitessier (1995). “The Long Way”, p.3, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

  Dale Carnegie

  Success, Persistence, Will And Determination

  Dale Carnegie, J. Oliver Crom, Michael A. Crom (2003). “The Sales Advantage: How to Get It, Keep It, and Sell More Than Ever”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• The ocean has always been a salve to my soul.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Ocean, Soul, Sailing

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• I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

  Arthur Ashe

  Inspirational, Funny, Dark

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• Bad cooking is responsible for more trouble at sea than all other things put together.

  Thomas Fleming Day

  Sea, Cooking, Sailing

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• To the question, "When were your spirits at the lowest ebb?" the obvious answer seemed to be, "When the gin gave out."

  Francis Chichester

  Sailing, Nautical, Answers

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• Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk.

  Francis Chichester

  Inspirational, Funny, Drinking

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• Out of sight of land the sailor feels safe. It is the beach that worries him.

  Charles Davis

  Inspirational, Funny, Beach

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• To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

  Joshua Slocum

  Inspirational, Funny, Encouraging

  Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.381, Sheridan House, Inc.

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• The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.

  Ted Turner

  Mistake, Numbers, Sailing

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• There is little man has made that approaches anything in nature, but a sailing ship does. There is not much man has made that calls to all the best in him, but a sailing ship does.

  Alan Villiers

  Men, Sea, Sailing

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• I hate storms, but calms undermine my spirits.

  Bernard Moitessier

  Inspirational, Funny, Hate

  Bernard Moitessier (1995). “The Long Way”, p.62, Sheridan House, Inc.

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• A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship.

  Tristan Jones

  Ocean, Sailing, Nautical

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• He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger.

  Hammond Innes

  Sea, Sailing, Nautical

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• Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.

  Nicholas Monsarrat

  Inspirational, Funny, Running

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• Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.

  John Masefield

  Men, Sailing, Nautical

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• Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.

  Herman Melville

  Depression, Strong, Hands

  Herman Melville (2002). “Moby-Dick: A Picture Voyage : an Abridged and Illustrated Edition of the Original Classic”, p.13, Spinner Publications

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• For the truth is that I already know as much about my fate as I need to know. The day will come when I will die. So the only matter of consequence before me is what I will do with my allotted time. I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze.

  Richard Bode

  Fate, Risk, Sailing

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• There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Somewhere Else, Sailing, Nautical

  Kenneth Grahame (1988). “My Dearest Mouse: 'The Wind in the Willows' Letters”, Viking Press

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