Guest Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Here's some of mine The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared. - Ted Turner I want a boat that drinks 6, eats 4, and sleeps 2. - Earnest K. Gann The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself. - John Rousmaniere Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm." -Syrus Pubilius Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Paul Elvstrom "You haven't won the race, if in winning the race you have lost the respect of your competitors." Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at sea... "cruising" it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about. "I've always wanted to sail to the south seas, but I can't afford it." What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of "security." And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine - and before we know it our lives are gone. What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense, and we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention for the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by, The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life? Sterling Hayden Link to post Share on other sites
Grinna 2 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 "The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself." -John Rousmaniere "There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea." -Joseph Conrad "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." -William Shedd "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain Link to post Share on other sites
banaari 27 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." - Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 375 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 "A bad days sailing is better then a good days work" - Dad Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Paul Elvstrom "You haven't won the race, if in winning the race you have lost the respect of your competitors." Don't think Dennis Connor ever considered this quote. Link to post Share on other sites
OYSTR 1 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 "The Americas Cup is now New Zealand's cup" - PM Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Should be again soon enough! Link to post Share on other sites
banaari 27 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 "Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see" - Christopher Cross, Sailing Link to post Share on other sites
Terry B 73 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull right up alongside it! (Author unknown (to me anyway)) Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 "If you want to learn how to pray go to sea" Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 544 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 There are two types of Sailors. Those that have and those that will. Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini Babe 0 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain +1 And any number of the solid gold responses to the 'sh*t Bowguys Say' thread over on SA. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 'Where my beer bitch??' - KM (heard often) Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 "Don't worry babe, we'll never need to use the drogue, it's all Cat 1 bullshit." - Me Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Owning a yacht is like standing in a cold shower ripping up $100 notes BOAT - bring out another thousand On a different note The best investments give the greatest rewards Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Oliver 155 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 The first rule of racing sailboats is to do it in someone else's boat. Anon. And . . . Tartan Ten on Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 "Why would you want top build a fibreglass boat unless you wanted to cheat?" Dennis Connor Link to post Share on other sites
Ex SanFran 15 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Ships are safe in harbours, but thats knot what ships are built for.... and Empty vessels make the most noise. Link to post Share on other sites
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