Thought of Capt K when I read this one:
"Any darn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk."
-Sir Francis Chichester while loading his boat with gin.
:o ;D ;) :D
grog
I really like this one:
It was JRR Tolkien who said, "Not all who wander are lost."
this is simply so true...
"At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much." -Robin Lee Graham
"Shut up and steer,I'm sick of listening to it"
John Dour to shipmate while rounding Point Conceptcion
Experience is what you get when things don't go your way!
I know it is corny, but
"If it is gonna happen, it will happen out there".
Capt. Ron
"Being hove to in a long gale is the most boring way of being terrified I know." -Donald Hamilton
"It?s apparently a basic human instinct, when presented with something that does
one thing very well, to instantly want to use it for something else..."
-Phil Bolger
?If God had meant for us to have fiberglass boats, he would have planted fiberglass trees.?
-L. Francis Herreshoff
"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever."
Jacques Cousteau
"In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds."
Thor Heyerdahl
I wonder where Herreshoff mined his Bronze?
If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most." -E. B. White
Quote from: Frank on December 30, 2013, 08:41:41 PM
If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most." -E. B. White
So fitting ;D
Don't know where it came from but-
A ship is safe in harbor-
But that's not what ships are made for
So true...
"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." -L. Francist Herreshoff
Good one!
Wind to a sailor is what money is to life on shore.
Sterling Hayden
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
Walter Scott
"I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."
- Oliver Wendel Holmes
I'd never heard that one......wonderful lines! Grog to ya
"It looks like frozen snot." -L. Francis Herreshoff, looking at a Herreshoff Bullseye built of fiberglass
"Well, when you leave to sail around the world, you don't have to do it all at once. A big trip is really just a bunch of small trips put together. You just have to make it to the next port, fix what's broken, make it to the next port, fix what's broken and so on.?
Emily Richmond, When asked, ?how prepared was she, when she departed on her trip.?
?A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.?
- Robert Heinlein
Lazarus Long in "Time enough for Love"
"My boat is the safe where I store my money."
--Author Unknown
Quote from: Captain Smollett on June 08, 2015, 02:04:43 PM
"My boat is the safe where I store my money."
--Author Unknown
LOL and those of us really obsessed spread it around
That's right... We convert it all to gold bullion and hide it down in the bilge where it will do the most good as ballast... :)
Quote from: Jim_ME on June 08, 2015, 04:08:03 PM
That's right... We convert it all to gold bullion and hide it down in the bilge where it will do the most good as ballast... :)
Oh man it would be sweet to have 48000oz of gold to replace my lead keel! Not only 1% rich but get some extra space in the bilge and better righting moment! The stuff dreams are made of ;D
Quote from: Captain Smollett on June 08, 2015, 02:04:43 PM
"My boat is the safe where I store my money."
--Author Unknown
True, but on a more serious note, if the economy crashes a well kept, equipped and supplied boat, (paid with cash not credit) is even better than real estate as you are able live, eat and move to a place where you may have better chances of earning a lively hood.
cruising sailors make lists like stagnant water makes mosquitoes
Reese Palley
Quote from: SeaHusky on June 09, 2015, 04:46:33 AM
if the economy crashes a well kept, equipped and supplied boat, (paid with cash not credit) is even better than real estate as you are able live, eat and move to a place where you may have better chances of earning a lively hood.
Grog for that.