Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
And after two days in civilization we realized we could never stay for long and started to plan our next adventure. — Bob Bitchin Copy Share Image
The humblest craft that floats makes its appeal to a seaman by the faithfulness of her life. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind-and the boat made three. — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze. — Richard Bode Copy Share Image
Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear. — Buzzy Trent Copy Share Image
It's remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can sweep away the maddening frustrations of shore living. — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
There are only two colors to paint a boat, black or white, and only a fool would paint a boat black. — Nathanael Greene Herreshoff Copy Share Image
For will anyone dare to tell me that business is more entertaining than fooling among boats? He must have never seen a… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
“An orphans curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high; But oh! How more horrible that that Is the curse… — Anonymous 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
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
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
There is little man has made that approaches anything in nature, but a sailing ship does. There is not much man has… — Alan Villiers Copy Share Image
There is nothing like lying flat on your back on the deck, alone except for the helmsman aft at the wheel, silence… — Errol Flynn Copy Share Image
“Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham. Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large.” — Patrick O'Brian 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
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk. — Francis Chichester Copy Share Image
One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. — Richard Francis Burton 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
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
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
Whenever your preparations for the sea are poor; the sea worms its way in and finds the problems. — Francis Stokes 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
Out of sight of land the sailor feels safe. It is the beach that worries him. — Charles Davis Copy Share Image
And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
One trend I always go for is nautical: stripes, navy, rope knot belts, gold buckles. — Poppy Delevingne Copy Share Image
The thing I realized this last few days is that the earth is a big place. — Paul Cayard Copy Share Image
Being hove to in a long gale is the most boring way of being terrified I know. — Donald Hamilton Copy Share Image
