Sailing-related Sayings (well, one at least)
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Nigel Barron
Notorious Iconoclast
We WILL put up that spinnaker, and God can bring it down.
Chad and Sandy
Member II
"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 trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout"
Chris Miller
Sustaining Member
when in doubt, let it out...
Chris
Chris
Chris Miller said:
Or 'When in doubt, turn out"
Of course, there's always Capt. Ron's "If something's gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there!".
//sse
Art Mullinax
Member III
And, If we get lost, we'll just pull in somewhere and ask for directions...
Art M.
Art M.
Jeff Asbury
Principal Partner
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
Request permission to lay along side
Sailing is hours of pleasure interrupted by moments of sheer panic
Four more...
Powerboaters 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.
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-- Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt --
"Those who HURRY across the sea change their sky, not their attitude"
--a quote from Horace
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The golden triangle of boat ownership is: Time, Money, and Skill. Pick any two sides.
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from our own "Capt Dan"
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"Du kannst dem Leben nicht mehr Tage geben, aber den Tag mehr Leben."
-- source unknown, attribution requested (Goethe?)
(You can't give your life more days, but you can give your days more life.)
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Loren
:jollyroge
Powerboaters 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.
__________________________
-- Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt --
"Those who HURRY across the sea change their sky, not their attitude"
--a quote from Horace
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The golden triangle of boat ownership is: Time, Money, and Skill. Pick any two sides.
*
from our own "Capt Dan"
_____________________________________________
"Du kannst dem Leben nicht mehr Tage geben, aber den Tag mehr Leben."
-- source unknown, attribution requested (Goethe?)
(You can't give your life more days, but you can give your days more life.)
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Loren
:jollyroge
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Chris Miller
Sustaining Member
That's funny...
Blue Chip said:
Blue Chip said:
Yeah, I like that one - how true!
//sse
Art Mullinax
Member III
A ship is safe in the harbor, but that is not what ships were made for.
While we're talking about sailing sayings...
I was trying to find the famous quote by Sir Peter Blake, which, paraphrased, goes like this: "Sailing is like standing in an ice cold shower, while shoving hundred dollar bills down the drain..." on Google, when I came across this. I really liked it, and hope you do, too.
It was apparently read at Sir Peter Blake's funeral. It's the last song of Bilbo Baggins, as he leaves Middle Earth, the the third book of Lord of the Rings. It would be a fitting tribute to any sailor, and especially one as great as Peter Blake:
Bilbo's Last Song
Day is ended, dim my eyes,
but journey long before me lies.
Farewell, friends! I hear the call.
The ship's beside the stony wall.
Foam is white and waves are grey;
beyond the sunset leads my way.
Foam is salt, the wind is free;
I hear the rising of the Sea.
Farewell, friends! The sails are set,
the wind is east, the moorings fret.
Shadows long before me lie,
beneath the ever-bending sky,
but islands lie behind the Sun
that I shall raise ere all is done;
lands there are to west of West,
where night is quiet and sleep is rest.
Guided by the Lonely Star,
beyond the utmost harbour-bar,
I'll find the heavens fair and free,
and beaches of the Starlit Sea.
Ship, my ship! I seek the West,
and fields and mountains ever blest.
Farewell to Middle-earth at last.
I see the Star above my mast!
-- J. R. R. Tolkien
I was trying to find the famous quote by Sir Peter Blake, which, paraphrased, goes like this: "Sailing is like standing in an ice cold shower, while shoving hundred dollar bills down the drain..." on Google, when I came across this. I really liked it, and hope you do, too.
It was apparently read at Sir Peter Blake's funeral. It's the last song of Bilbo Baggins, as he leaves Middle Earth, the the third book of Lord of the Rings. It would be a fitting tribute to any sailor, and especially one as great as Peter Blake:
Bilbo's Last Song
Day is ended, dim my eyes,
but journey long before me lies.
Farewell, friends! I hear the call.
The ship's beside the stony wall.
Foam is white and waves are grey;
beyond the sunset leads my way.
Foam is salt, the wind is free;
I hear the rising of the Sea.
Farewell, friends! The sails are set,
the wind is east, the moorings fret.
Shadows long before me lie,
beneath the ever-bending sky,
but islands lie behind the Sun
that I shall raise ere all is done;
lands there are to west of West,
where night is quiet and sleep is rest.
Guided by the Lonely Star,
beyond the utmost harbour-bar,
I'll find the heavens fair and free,
and beaches of the Starlit Sea.
Ship, my ship! I seek the West,
and fields and mountains ever blest.
Farewell to Middle-earth at last.
I see the Star above my mast!
-- J. R. R. Tolkien
Graham Cole
The Zoomer
3 rules of boating
1) The shiny side should always be up
2) The pointy end is the front
3) No matter how pear shaped things are getting, you must always look cool...
1) The shiny side should always be up
2) The pointy end is the front
3) No matter how pear shaped things are getting, you must always look cool...
NateHanson
Sustaining Member
Keep the stick up, the keel down, and the water out.