Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To the question, "When were your spirits at the lowest ebb?" the obvious answer seemed to be, "When the gin gave out." — Francis Chichester Copy Share Image
Whenever your preparations for the sea are poor; the sea worms its way in and finds the problems. — Francis Stokes Copy Share Image
If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else. — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
I don't know who named them swells. There's nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls. — Hugo Vihlen Copy Share Image
One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. — Richard Francis Burton Copy Share Image
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk. — Francis Chichester Copy Share Image
Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Give him a fishing lesson and he'll sit in a boat… — Alex Blackwell Copy Share Image
The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from… — Lewis Francis Herreshoff Copy Share Image
It takes a minimum of six people, working in close harmony, to successfully flush a nautical toilet. That's why those old ships… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
I can't wait for the oil wells to run dry, for the last gob of black, sticky muck to come oozing out… — Tristan Jones Copy Share Image
“All that yohoho stuff's for landlubbers, or it would be if we ever used words like landlubber. Do you know the difference… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm, none possesses so distinct a life… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Listen, Miss, boats are supposed to float. Even if they break up, they usually still float and show up on a shore… — Cathy Ostlere Copy Share Image
“The monster under my bed is pitchpoling. See, when you’re in heavy seas you always face the bow forward. Steer into the… — Kristy McGinnis Copy Share Image
I've been reading and researching various aspects of history - Dickens' London, Nelson's sea battles, Magellan's nautical explorations, the weapons and battles… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
I thought, well, what about a show that stars undersea creatures, and some of the ones you rarely see animated. So, from… — Stephen Hillenburg Copy Share Image
“Shandy looked ahead. Blackbeard, apparently willing to get the explanation later, had picked up his oars and was rowing again. 'May I… — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
“In a French accent developed through a lifetime of using English I said, 'Hello sir, I would like to row the English… — Tim Fitzhigham Copy Share Image
“I phoned the Admiral back. 'It's no use, Admiral, the French speak nothing but French.' There was a short pause on the… — Tim Fitzhigham Copy Share Image
“Beacon, beacon, lonesome on a hill— Waves run aground, pound ‘round, what a thrill! Water water everywhere crashes, Shore’s not lazy for… — Mariecor Ruediger Copy Share Image
“I should say we’d reach England by Tuesday or thereabouts, with a decent wind behind us. It would be a lot quicker… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
