Nautical Skills Quotes

Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford.

To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while.

She sent him a warm and gentle wind, and Lord Odysseus was happy as he set his sails to catch the breeze. He sat beside the steering oar and used his skill to steer the raft.

I've always wanted to sail around the world in a handmade boat. And I built a boat. I had a boat built for me, I mean, and my second day out to sea I realized that (a) I'm not a sailor, and (b) I have no knowledge of basic navigation.

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

The wind blows on us all, but it's how you set your ssail that makes the difference.

Those who never sail stormy waters are the quickest and harshest judges of bad seamanship.

There are good sailors. Well, some good sailors. In a way they are ideal as husbands. They drop in every six months for a wild celebration, then they drop out again before one gets bored with their company or annoyed with by their habits.

If you're not getting close to capsize, you're provably not pushing hard enough

Dad was a passionate sailor, and he taught me.

I do not know whether I have been a good seaman, but I know I have been a very faithful one.

When I was 11 years old, my parents wanted me to do something besides get in trouble. So they enrolled me in sailing classes at the Sea Shell Association in Santa Barbara, Calif. From the moment I climbed into that 8-foot dinghy in 1952, I knew instinctively what to do and sensed I had done it before.

Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.

I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.

I had acquired the skills to sail a ship; I didn't acquire the knowledge.