There is a space in my cabin where I want to hang a wooden plaque. I want to care into the plaque a real neat saying, ode to a sailor/sailboat, Chinese proverb, Irish blessing, etc. Some examples I've heard are: May you have fair winds and smooth sailing. May you have your sails full and a hand's breadth of water under your keel. When you're in a motor boat you are going somewhere -- when you're in a sail boat you're already there. I'm looking for ideas. Thanks Jim Schaff s/v Savannah
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Rat from "Wind in the Willows"
QUOTATION: There is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. ATTRIBUTION: Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932), British essayist, writer of children’s books. Rat, in The Wind in the Willows, ch. 1 (1908). Rat continued, “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.”
QUOTATION: There is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. ATTRIBUTION: Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932), British essayist, writer of children’s books. Rat, in The Wind in the Willows, ch. 1 (1908). Rat continued, “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.”
Ode to a sailor
Jim: "Oh Lord, have mercy. Thy sea is so large And my ship is so small." – Breton fisherman's prayer
Jim: "Oh Lord, have mercy. Thy sea is so large And my ship is so small." – Breton fisherman's prayer
Newfie/Irish sayings
From Newfoundland source--an old expression "Long may your big jib draw well" My Irish sailing mentor had a wonderful expression about sailing. When asked about the difficulty of learning to sail, he always replied "sailing is fairly simple, you can learn to sail a boat in about a day, and the rest of your life to be good at it"
From Newfoundland source--an old expression "Long may your big jib draw well" My Irish sailing mentor had a wonderful expression about sailing. When asked about the difficulty of learning to sail, he always replied "sailing is fairly simple, you can learn to sail a boat in about a day, and the rest of your life to be good at it"
Captain Jack Sparrow et al
Ted and Jim, I was going to provide the Wind and the Willows quote but noticed you beat me to it Ted. How about: From the movie Pirates of the Caribbean Captain Jack Sparrow "It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails - that's what a ship needs. But what a ship is...is freedom. Now, bring me that horizon!" Or: A ship in harbour is safe--but that is not what ships are for. John A. Shedd Tula's Skipper
Ted and Jim, I was going to provide the Wind and the Willows quote but noticed you beat me to it Ted. How about: From the movie Pirates of the Caribbean Captain Jack Sparrow "It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails - that's what a ship needs. But what a ship is...is freedom. Now, bring me that horizon!" Or: A ship in harbour is safe--but that is not what ships are for. John A. Shedd Tula's Skipper
Henry David Thoreau
The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective.
The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective.
Great quote
The Thoreau quote is great - I had not seen that before. T J - we sailed to Racine a few times last year, are you slipped in the marina? What boat do you have? -- Scott
The Thoreau quote is great - I had not seen that before. T J - we sailed to Racine a few times last year, are you slipped in the marina? What boat do you have? -- Scott
How about this?
If you want to be happy for a day,drink.If you want to be happy for a year ,get married.If you want tobe happy for the rest of your life ,sail.
If you want to be happy for a day,drink.If you want to be happy for a year ,get married.If you want tobe happy for the rest of your life ,sail.
The Sailor's Prayer
"Though my sails be torn and and ragged and my mast be turned about. Though the night wind chills me to my very soul. Though the salt spray stings my eyes and the stars no sight provide. Give me just another morning light to hold. I will not lie me down, this rain a ragin', I will not lie me down in such a storm. If this night be unblessed, I will not take my rest untill we reach another shore. If the only water left is but salt to quench my thirst, I will drink the rain that falls so steady down. If nights blindness be my gift, if there be thieves upon my drift I will praise the dark that shelters me from them. I will not lie me down, this rain a ragin', I will not lie me down in such a storm. If this night be unblessed, I shall not take my rest, until we reach another shore...." This is a very cool thing. It is acutally sung by the Bilge Pumps and it is very cool! Bit long, but definately about old time sailing!
"Though my sails be torn and and ragged and my mast be turned about. Though the night wind chills me to my very soul. Though the salt spray stings my eyes and the stars no sight provide. Give me just another morning light to hold. I will not lie me down, this rain a ragin', I will not lie me down in such a storm. If this night be unblessed, I will not take my rest untill we reach another shore. If the only water left is but salt to quench my thirst, I will drink the rain that falls so steady down. If nights blindness be my gift, if there be thieves upon my drift I will praise the dark that shelters me from them. I will not lie me down, this rain a ragin', I will not lie me down in such a storm. If this night be unblessed, I shall not take my rest, until we reach another shore...." This is a very cool thing. It is acutally sung by the Bilge Pumps and it is very cool! Bit long, but definately about old time sailing!
From one of the great schooner captains
"Seamanship is an attitude and way of life, which face facts, which deal in realities without evasion, which know that the only failure is dishonesty and that error is truth betrayed." - Captain Lincoln Colcord
"Seamanship is an attitude and way of life, which face facts, which deal in realities without evasion, which know that the only failure is dishonesty and that error is truth betrayed." - Captain Lincoln Colcord
One More to Consider
One more to consider - The Gods do not deduct from man's allotted span those hours spent in sailing.
One more to consider - The Gods do not deduct from man's allotted span those hours spent in sailing.
A toast to us all …
So, I wrote this as a gift to Checkmate, a 33’ T-10 and her truly fearless Captain, Paul Morton, & crew A Toast to Us All Here’s to waves, and the wind in your face. Here’s to the crew, and the thrill of the race. Here’s to the Skipper who kept us from harm And his Foredeck Commander who’ll sound the alarm. And here’s to good Checkmate, who got us all here, And here’s to the cooler and A BIG BUNCH’A BEER!! Later, eh! Ferg
So, I wrote this as a gift to Checkmate, a 33’ T-10 and her truly fearless Captain, Paul Morton, & crew A Toast to Us All Here’s to waves, and the wind in your face. Here’s to the crew, and the thrill of the race. Here’s to the Skipper who kept us from harm And his Foredeck Commander who’ll sound the alarm. And here’s to good Checkmate, who got us all here, And here’s to the cooler and A BIG BUNCH’A BEER!! Later, eh! Ferg
Comfort (when needed) from above?
We purchased a plaque from a local Christian book store that we thought was quite appropriate given we are new sailors: Be strong and of good courage, Be not afraid, nor be dismayed, For the Lord your God is with you, Where ever you go. Joshua 1:9
We purchased a plaque from a local Christian book store that we thought was quite appropriate given we are new sailors: Be strong and of good courage, Be not afraid, nor be dismayed, For the Lord your God is with you, Where ever you go. Joshua 1:9
One of my favorites....
It's a quote from teh poem Sea-Fever by John Masefield "And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by." Also, "it's not in the destination, it's in The Journey". Hence the name of my last 2 boats. Brian Hanna s/v The Journey Continues...
It's a quote from teh poem Sea-Fever by John Masefield "And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by." Also, "it's not in the destination, it's in The Journey". Hence the name of my last 2 boats. Brian Hanna s/v The Journey Continues...
Found on www.quoteland.com
One ship sails east and another sails west With the self-same winds that blow. Tis the set of the sail and not the gale Which determines the way they go. As the winds of the sea are the ways of fate As we voyage along through life, Tis the act of the soul that determines the goal, And not the calm or the strife.
One ship sails east and another sails west With the self-same winds that blow. Tis the set of the sail and not the gale Which determines the way they go. As the winds of the sea are the ways of fate As we voyage along through life, Tis the act of the soul that determines the goal, And not the calm or the strife.
sefuller - Racine
Scott - Yes, we slip our boat at Reefpoint Marina and really like it there, been there about six years. I have to say, it's one of my favorite ports on the lake. I sail a Hunter 35.5 and will have it up in your neck of the woods for the Queen's Cup at the end of June. T J s/v Silent Voice
Scott - Yes, we slip our boat at Reefpoint Marina and really like it there, been there about six years. I have to say, it's one of my favorite ports on the lake. I sail a Hunter 35.5 and will have it up in your neck of the woods for the Queen's Cup at the end of June. T J s/v Silent Voice
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