Kevin Johnston
Member III
Thought I would get this started:
Why go to weather when you can reach through life!
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Why go to weather when you can reach through life!
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Favorite Sailing Quotes
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Kevin Johnston
Member III
Not so good but funny
Over heard by one of my seasick crew members while sailing from Victoria to Friday Harbor (while on the way from one great destination to another).
"If you had to be somewhere while puking the stern rail is not that bad of a place."
You have to love a crew member with a great attitude!
"One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness". -- Henry Wheeler Show
Over heard by one of my seasick crew members while sailing from Victoria to Friday Harbor (while on the way from one great destination to another).
"If you had to be somewhere while puking the stern rail is not that bad of a place."
You have to love a crew member with a great attitude!
"One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness". -- Henry Wheeler Show
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Huh - I like that one a lot...
noproblemo2
Member III
While we cannot change the direction of the wind, we can adjust our sails.
Yknot
A friend of mine was scheduled to go out with me for a sail, she called up wondering if I still wanted to go out as it was blowin' about 30. My answer, Why Not?
A fellow worker and I were at lunch, on the lake where my boat was moored. It was a "beauteous" day and he asked if perhaps we should call the office w/ some "lame brained" excuse for not returning. My response, Why Not!
So, it came to be, after many similar circumstances
A friend of mine was scheduled to go out with me for a sail, she called up wondering if I still wanted to go out as it was blowin' about 30. My answer, Why Not?
A fellow worker and I were at lunch, on the lake where my boat was moored. It was a "beauteous" day and he asked if perhaps we should call the office w/ some "lame brained" excuse for not returning. My response, Why Not!
So, it came to be, after many similar circumstances
Kevin Johnston
Member III
Olympic Pennisula
"Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they must face up." -- Henry David Thoreau
Maybe why I keep my boat out on the Olympic Pennisula.
KJ
"Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they must face up." -- Henry David Thoreau
Maybe why I keep my boat out on the Olympic Pennisula.
KJ
Kevin Johnston
Member III
Love this one
"Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk". -- Sir Francis Chichester
"Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk". -- Sir Francis Chichester
Rocinante33
Contributing Partner
"There is one sure cure for being seasick.......sit under a tree."
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sailing quote
I have expierenced this one first hand
" The best day in a sailor life is the day he buys a new boat and he sells the old one."
I actually feel the buy day is preaty good and the sale day always sucked.
My wifes favorite
"When life gives you lemons, Make a lemonade and go sit on the boat."
I love the captain Ron quote though....
I have expierenced this one first hand
" The best day in a sailor life is the day he buys a new boat and he sells the old one."
I actually feel the buy day is preaty good and the sale day always sucked.
My wifes favorite
"When life gives you lemons, Make a lemonade and go sit on the boat."
I love the captain Ron quote though....
Mindscape
Member III
Messing about...
Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats....
Ratty said to Mole in Kenneth Grahame's, The Wind in the Willows
He continues - "In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it.".
Sort of sums it up for me.
Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats....
Ratty said to Mole in Kenneth Grahame's, The Wind in the Willows
He continues - "In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it.".
Sort of sums it up for me.
Jeff Asbury
Principal Partner
We went through this a few years ago. Here is the collection of my favorites.
We went through this a few years ago in the Raft Up section. I know there are some repeats here. Here is the collection of my favorites from back then:
"It is far better to bend the wind than to break it."
"We will put up that spinnaker, and God can bring it down."
"If you've never run aground, You've never been anywhere."
"Green to green, red to red, all is fine, go ahead."
"When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout."
"When in doubt, let it out." “When in doubt, turn out."
"If something's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there!"
"If we get lost, we'll just pull in somewhere and ask for directions."
"Tiller towards trouble." (when teaching someone to steer with a tiller).
For the guy with "only one oar in the water", you can say:
"Fractional-his head stay doesn't go all the way to the top."
"Old sailors never die they just get a little dinghy."
"Request permission to lay along side."
"Sailing is hours of pleasure interrupted by moments of sheer panic."
"Power boaters are always in a hurry because they want to be somewhere else.
Sailors aren't in a hurry because they are exactly where they want to be."
"Those who hurry across the sea change their sky, not their attitude."
"The golden triangle of boat ownership is: Time, Money, and Skill. Pick any two sides."
"There is nothing- absolutely nothing- half so much worth doing
As simply messing about in boats."
"Sailing is the best 10 hobbies I' ever got involved in."
"You can't give your life more days, but you can give your days more life."
”B.O.A.T. = Break Out Another Thousand.”
“A boat is a hole in the water surrounded by wood you throw your money into.”
“Keep the stick up, the keel down, and the water out.”
We went through this a few years ago in the Raft Up section. I know there are some repeats here. Here is the collection of my favorites from back then:
"It is far better to bend the wind than to break it."
"We will put up that spinnaker, and God can bring it down."
"If you've never run aground, You've never been anywhere."
"Green to green, red to red, all is fine, go ahead."
"When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout."
"When in doubt, let it out." “When in doubt, turn out."
"If something's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there!"
"If we get lost, we'll just pull in somewhere and ask for directions."
"Tiller towards trouble." (when teaching someone to steer with a tiller).
For the guy with "only one oar in the water", you can say:
"Fractional-his head stay doesn't go all the way to the top."
"Old sailors never die they just get a little dinghy."
"Request permission to lay along side."
"Sailing is hours of pleasure interrupted by moments of sheer panic."
"Power boaters are always in a hurry because they want to be somewhere else.
Sailors aren't in a hurry because they are exactly where they want to be."
"Those who hurry across the sea change their sky, not their attitude."
"The golden triangle of boat ownership is: Time, Money, and Skill. Pick any two sides."
"There is nothing- absolutely nothing- half so much worth doing
As simply messing about in boats."
"Sailing is the best 10 hobbies I' ever got involved in."
"You can't give your life more days, but you can give your days more life."
”B.O.A.T. = Break Out Another Thousand.”
“A boat is a hole in the water surrounded by wood you throw your money into.”
“Keep the stick up, the keel down, and the water out.”
One of My Favorite Quotes
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails -- William Arthur Wood, educator (1921-1994)
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails -- William Arthur Wood, educator (1921-1994)
Graham Cole
The Zoomer
Kinda off topic but I recall seeing a satirical version of the definition of the semaphore flags and the two I remember were...
S (sierra) Spouse overboard, am increasing my speed.
E (echo) Erectile dysfunction, please send viagra.
S (sierra) Spouse overboard, am increasing my speed.
E (echo) Erectile dysfunction, please send viagra.