Favorite Sailing Themed Sayings...What's Yours

[Freedom77]

My dear departed first mate Penny bought two plaques which are installed in the cabin,

A SAILBOAT IS LIKE A WOMAN, THE RIGGING COSTS MORE THAN THE HULL.

BLESS US OH LORD, THY SEA IS SO BIG AND OUR BOAT IS SO SMALL.

 

[Lake Superior Sailor]

Boats are an investment in life! And this far out weights any depreciation! ...Dale

 

[ed stack]

The ocean is still out there, magnificent and wide. She's got open arms to hold me, and endless space to hide.

From Frank Turner's 'Sailing Boots'

ed

 

[cat38skip]

Sailing Sayings

My favorite:

The Gods do not deduct from a life span those hours spent in sailing.

a favorite from Good Old Boat:

To sail or not to sail? What a stupid question!

 

[Bob McL]

You don't know fear - until you lose sight of land!

 

[Ron20324]

I'd rather be in a boat with a drink on the rocks , than in the drink with the boat on the rocks.

 

[Ross]

Thou shall not sail closer than three miles to the horizon.

 

[Phyrexii]

"Today is a great day to go sailing"

 

[DougM]

Sailing: Standing in a cold shower,fully clothed, stuffing money down the drain.
Boat: A hole in the water, into which one stuffs money.

God does not subtract from life the hours one spends sailing...

 

[Freedom77]

Sailing is hours of pure boredom interspersed with moments of sheer terror.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy

 

[Sam Salter]

"I'm a drinker ...with a sailing problem!"

sam

 

[UPSGUY]

Sailing, the most terrifying thing you can do at 7mph.

 

[Chris Patterson]

There's a race of men, that don't fit in,
a race that can't stand still.
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
and roam the world at will.

"unknown" (I think)..

 

[Dan Johnson]

"Sail Fast...Live Slow"

source unknown...

 

[Ken13559]

"I sail therefore I am?"

"You can't take all that money with you when you die"

 

[WayneH]

"Marriages performed by this captain are only valid until we dock."

 

[rpwillia]

Learned this from my Marine friends

If it flies, floats or (ahem) fornicates, you should rent it. It is cheaper in the long run!

Seems to be pretty much true.

 

[Old Skool Neil]

From the very early days of jib furlers (unreliable, frequently jammed):
Sails go up and down, toilet paper goes 'round and 'round.

 

[justsomeguy]

There's a race of men, that don't fit in,
a race that can't stand still.
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
and roam the world at will.

"unknown" (I think)..

Good one.
Robert William Service.
http://www.rangewriter.org/menthatdontfitin.html

 

[Chris Patterson]

I'll be damn....I've been quoting that for thirty years, with no idea that there was more too it. Never occurred to me to google it. Thanks man.