Sailing Quotes

“I just had this idea that if you could get the weight lower you could get away with less of it and you could get a smaller boat and a more efficient one.”

“I learned to sail before I could walk. My father taught me.”

“Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.”

“Sailing is a great way to get away from everything. It's just you and the elements.”

“I went to sea from the most tender age and have continued in a sea life to this day... Wherever ship has gone, I have gone.”

“The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail itself.”

“My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in each race, just to be consistent.”

“It's a game of chess on water.”

“The America's Cup is a campaign, not a regatta.”

“You've got to be a little bit of a masochist to be a sailor.”

“Sailing takes me away to where I've always heard it could be. Just a dream and the wind to carry me.”

“It's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me. And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility.”

“A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast.”

“But to proceed with our own affairs: It was the 18th day of May, about 10 a clock in the morning, when we weighed anchor from the Bay of Campeachy.”

“There is a witchery in the sea, its songs and stories, and in the mere sight of a ship, and the sailor's dress.”

“A sailor's life is at best but a mixture of a little good with much evil, and a little pleasure with much pain.”

“The captain, in the first place, is lord paramount. He stands no responsibility to any one.”

“The sailor is the slave of the capstan.”

“To be a sailor is to be a wanderer.”

“A voice from the forecastle has now been heard on shore.”