An Ode to a Sailor?

[rickwarner]

Good quote from an old salt

I have this quote superimposed on a picture of my boat in mid passage across Lake Michigan:"The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore ... It is with an iron will that they embark on the most daring of all endeavors ... to meet the shadowy future without fear and conquer the unknown." Ferdinand MagellanExplorer (c. 1520)

 

[Tom S]

From the recent Movie "Failure to Launch"

it goes something like this"...when you buy Motorboat, well thats a hobby......but when you buy a Sailboat your getting a 'lifestyle'........."

 

[Rich B18904]

Boat Quotes

Tom, I like that one!!!Let me add a couple that I have up on my cube next to pics of my sailboat...Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.Mark TwainFor 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 alloted time. I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze.Richard Bode (First you sail a small boat?)And my favorite, although a bit big for a plaque is as follows...'To sail is the thing,' writes Arthur Ransome in his children's classic Swallows and Amazons. And just what is that thing? Every sailor knows. It's what the poets say and the pictures show, and everything else, too; it's the joy of casting off and the delight of returning home, and it's all the winds and waves in between. It's the beauty of a boat and the power of the currents, the sound of ratcheting winches and the strain on the wheel; it's the fair breezes and sunsets, the storms and luffing sails. It's the beer in the bar when the race is done, and that moment when you feel you'll never get there. It's what sailors mean when, safe and dry, standing on solid ground, they look at you and say, 'I'd rather be sailing.'"Anne Depue, author, I'd Rather Be Sailing