No literature is richer than that of the sea. No story is more enthralling, no tradition is more secure. — Felix Riesenberg Copy Share Image
Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself. — John Rousmaniere Copy Share Image
Even now; with a thousand little voyages notched in my belt. I still feel a memorial chill on casting off. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind. — John Masefield Copy Share Image
A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. — Tristan Jones Copy Share Image
Bad cooking is responsible for more trouble at sea than all other things put together. — Thomas Fleming Day Copy Share Image
He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger. — Hammond Innes Copy Share Image
When you're on a boat, 15 nautical miles off the coast and you're with a bunch of fishermen, they don't give two… — Tanc Sade Copy Share Image
If you can not arrive in daylight, then stand off well clear, and wait until dawn. After all, that's one of the… — Tristan Jones Copy Share Image
Spirits rise as the sails fill... Gone is the sea's glassy surface, and with it the terrible glare. Close the hatches and… — Jim Moore Copy Share Image
Thats what a ship is, you know. Its not a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. Thats what a… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
No matter how important a man at sea may consider himself, unless he is fundamentally worthy the sea will some day find… — Felix Riesenberg Copy Share Image
“You can do everything right, strictly according to procedure, on the ocean, and it'll still kill you, but if you're a good… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best that science can devise and that naval organization can provide must be regarded only as an aid, and never as… — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
“Mr. Bird flung his food away and leaped to his feet, glaring around at no one in particular. 'I am not a… — Tim Powers 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
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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
