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Sailboat Quotes
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Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:08 pmby Soñadora
"A sailboat is a hole you throw money into"
to that I say:
"A sailboat is a safe used to store treasured memories"
heard that one today
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:27 pmby JoeP
A sailor’s joys are as simple as a child’s.
Bernard Moitessier
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:31 pmby Orestes Munn
The proper attitude for a sailor is a state of morbid vigilance bordering on paranoia.
Still looking for the attribution for that one, but words to live by.
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:52 pmby BeauV
You guys are too high-brow for me. Here's my contribution:
Old sailors never die, they just get a little dinghy.
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:18 pmby Orestes Munn
Never run ashore with the anchors in the pipes; it upsets the underwriters.
Anonymous Cunard captain
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Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:32 pmby Ish
Orestes Munn wrote:Never run ashore with the anchors in the pipes; it upsets the underwriters.
Anonymous Cunard captain
Or with full sail up. Here's a little photo op for the crew of the Glenesslin.
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:38 pmby Orestes Munn
Ish wrote:Orestes Munn wrote:Never run ashore with the anchors in the pipes; it upsets the underwriters.
Anonymous Cunard captain
Or with full sail up. Here's a little photo op for the crew of the Glenesslin.
Perfect illustration of the necessity of accurate tide tables.
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:47 pmby BeauV
Today, I'd guess that was a PhotoShop Job. Then, I'd guess that some drunken skipper wanted to make port in record time. What in the WORLD were they thinking??
I especially like the guys standing on shore: "The crew paused for a photo with their ship prior to walking down the road to the local pub."
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:55 amby SloopJonB
Sailors view power boaters the way aristocratic Romans viewed the Goths.
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:56 amby SloopJonB
Caribbean racing rules - "De biggest boat got de right o' way mon".
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:57 amby SloopJonB
Here's one for Bob, from a Bahamian beach builder - "A t'ird de length is de wid', plus a little more, more or less".
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:45 pmby BeauV
SloopJonB wrote:Sailors view power boaters the way aristocratic Romans viewed the Goths.
And we all know hoe that ended
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:46 pmby SloopJonB
Looking around, it appears to be happening the same way again.
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Thu May 01, 2014 8:24 pmby Jamie
SloopJonB wrote:Caribbean racing rules - "De biggest boat got de right o' way mon".
We called that the "thicker laminate rule". A related rule is the better paint job rule. The boat with the better paint gives way.
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Thu May 01, 2014 11:17 pmby Lin
One of my faves, reputedly from Paul Elvstrom. "You haven't won the race, if in winning the race you have lost the respect of your competitors."
One other ...
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Thu May 01, 2014 11:26 pmby BeauV
Lin, that is certainly Paul Elvstrom, and it's one of the best quotes ever. Sadly, few of our modern racers understand what the heck he was talking about. BV
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Fri May 02, 2014 6:07 amby LarryHoward
BeauV wrote:Lin, that is certainly Paul Elvstrom, and it's one of the best quotes ever. Sadly, few of our modern racers understand what the heck he was talking about. BV
You are far too right. Today if you hit a mark, the first thing you will hear is "anyone else see that?"
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Sun Jul 20, 2014 6:25 pmby Blackbird
To any young (person) contemplating a voyage, I would say, go!
Joshua Slocum
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:03 amby Soñadora
One I remember...not sure where it came from or if I've got it right
A sailor never complains about the weather.
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:04 amby BeauV
Old sailors never die, they just get a little dinghy.... (I'll get my hat now)
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:41 pmby SloopJonB
A T-shirt from the 70's - "Only sailors get blown offshore".
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:43 pmby SloopJonB
I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster.
Captain Edward Smith (Captain of Titanic) in 1907.
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:10 pmby IrieMon
In addition to being a sailor, my father was a minister in his later years.... my mother needle-pointed him a saying:
Lord, give us this day
Our daily breeze.
No idea where the saying came from.... obviously I fell far from the tree
A T-shirt from the 70's - "Only sailors get blown offshore"
Very scary that I had this shirt.
Re: Sailboat Quotes
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:51 amby SloopJonB
Did you have the one that said "Sailors do it with long poles"?
