ok, maybe more quotes than anything...
Being hove to in a long gale is the most boring way of being terrified
I got nobody tellin me what to do, where to go or how to do it, that’s what I like about fishin'
You cannot fight the water, you’ve gotta learn how to live with it
If you haven't gone aground, you haven't gone anywhere.
The ocean has the conscienceless temper of a savage autocrat spoiled by much adulation
Ships are all right, it's the men in them...
Below 50 degrees south there is no law. Below 60 degrees south there is no God
You can hate storms, but calms undermine the spirit
It's scary to have a 30 foot wave chasing you. If you are steering, you don't look back. The crew looks back for you, and you watch their faces. When they look straight up, then get ready!
Wind is to us what money is to life on shore.
I don't know who named them swells. There's nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls
It's remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can sweep away the maddening frustrations of shore living.
Boats, like whiskey, are all good.
A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep her in paint and powder.
If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
How much does it cost to own a yacht? You have no right to own a yacht if you ask that question.
Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.
If you can't repair it, maybe it shouldn't be on board.
The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from the other troubles in life, it is a safe retreat.
To the question, "When were your spirits at the lowest ebb?" the obvious answer seemed to be, "When the gin gave out".
When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land.
The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.
Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.
The art of the sailor is to leave nothing to chance.
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk.
It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.
The only way to get a good crew is to marry one.
A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.
I know who you are, but you'll have to wipe your feet.
Only two sailors, in my experience, never ran aground. One never left port and the other was an atrocious liar.
and my new favorite...
keel + shallows = brakes
Being hove to in a long gale is the most boring way of being terrified
I got nobody tellin me what to do, where to go or how to do it, that’s what I like about fishin'
You cannot fight the water, you’ve gotta learn how to live with it
If you haven't gone aground, you haven't gone anywhere.
The ocean has the conscienceless temper of a savage autocrat spoiled by much adulation
Ships are all right, it's the men in them...
Below 50 degrees south there is no law. Below 60 degrees south there is no God
You can hate storms, but calms undermine the spirit
It's scary to have a 30 foot wave chasing you. If you are steering, you don't look back. The crew looks back for you, and you watch their faces. When they look straight up, then get ready!
Wind is to us what money is to life on shore.
I don't know who named them swells. There's nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls
It's remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can sweep away the maddening frustrations of shore living.
Boats, like whiskey, are all good.
A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep her in paint and powder.
If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
How much does it cost to own a yacht? You have no right to own a yacht if you ask that question.
Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.
If you can't repair it, maybe it shouldn't be on board.
The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from the other troubles in life, it is a safe retreat.
To the question, "When were your spirits at the lowest ebb?" the obvious answer seemed to be, "When the gin gave out".
When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land.
The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.
Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.
The art of the sailor is to leave nothing to chance.
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk.
It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.
The only way to get a good crew is to marry one.
A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.
I know who you are, but you'll have to wipe your feet.
Only two sailors, in my experience, never ran aground. One never left port and the other was an atrocious liar.
and my new favorite...
keel + shallows = brakes
