Your Favorite Boat, Cruising, Nautical Quotes - SeaKnots2024-03-29T14:57:00Zhttp://seaknots.ning.com/forum/topics/900123:Topic:19401?id=900123%3ATopic%3A19401&feed=yes&xn_auth=nowisdom well rememberedtag:seaknots.ning.com,2009-04-02:900123:Comment:759462009-04-02T12:03:39.116ZSukyhttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/Suky
wisdom well remembered
wisdom well remembered “Greatness Is Not In Where We…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-10-08:900123:Comment:354852008-10-08T11:49:38.472ZCAN DRAChttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/CANDRAC
“Greatness Is Not In Where We Stand, But In What Direction We Are Moving. We Must Sail Sometimes With The Wind And Sometimes Against It – But Sail We Must, And Not Drift, Nor Lie At Anchor.”<br />
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Greatness Is Not In Where We Stand, But In What Direction We Are Moving. We Must Sail Sometimes With The Wind And Sometimes Against It – But Sail We Must, And Not Drift, Nor Lie At Anchor.”<br />
- Oliver Wendell Holmes One more:
"What's important…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-08-07:900123:Comment:293542008-08-07T19:54:26.142ZFranchttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/DracFranc
One more:<br />
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"What's important in life is not how many breaths we get to take,<br />
but those moments that take our breath away"<br />
- Jaques Cousteau
One more:<br />
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"What's important in life is not how many breaths we get to take,<br />
but those moments that take our breath away"<br />
- Jaques Cousteau NOTE ON THE REFRIGERATOR, BRO…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-07-27:900123:Comment:278402008-07-27T22:30:12.587ZRichardhttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/Richard
NOTE ON THE REFRIGERATOR, BROWNS HEAD LIGHT,<br />
VINALHAVEN ISLAND, MAINE 1988<br />
Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian, and all is organized by the Swiss.<br />
Hell is where the police are German, the cooks British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, and all is organized by the Italians.
NOTE ON THE REFRIGERATOR, BROWNS HEAD LIGHT,<br />
VINALHAVEN ISLAND, MAINE 1988<br />
Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian, and all is organized by the Swiss.<br />
Hell is where the police are German, the cooks British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, and all is organized by the Italians. But as we live in a time when…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-07-23:900123:Comment:272652008-07-23T11:44:02.607ZRichardhttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/Richard
But as we live in a time when the young tend to measure success by how often they are propositioned, then I want her to be propositioned daily, but to resist. I want her to be on<br />
the arm of the most desirable man in London and if he is the kind to save the whale then he must at least look as if he could harpoon one as well.<br />
Alan Loren (Brit writer) on his<br />
daughter Victoria (16)
But as we live in a time when the young tend to measure success by how often they are propositioned, then I want her to be propositioned daily, but to resist. I want her to be on<br />
the arm of the most desirable man in London and if he is the kind to save the whale then he must at least look as if he could harpoon one as well.<br />
Alan Loren (Brit writer) on his<br />
daughter Victoria (16) It's an old saying, but certa…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-07-11:900123:Comment:257462008-07-11T03:28:13.990ZRichardhttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/Richard
It's an old saying, but certainly a good one, that's for sure.
It's an old saying, but certainly a good one, that's for sure. In March of this year while r…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-07-11:900123:Comment:257422008-07-11T02:30:35.949ZJohn Shasteenhttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/JohnShasteen
In March of this year while running before a Force 10 storm in the Gulf, about 3:00am one of the 30 foot following seas partially broke into the cockpit. When the confusion was over and the cockpit mostly drained, a member of our August sailing crew says: "It must be hell ashore on a night like this" - not sure it was original or he was repeating it.
In March of this year while running before a Force 10 storm in the Gulf, about 3:00am one of the 30 foot following seas partially broke into the cockpit. When the confusion was over and the cockpit mostly drained, a member of our August sailing crew says: "It must be hell ashore on a night like this" - not sure it was original or he was repeating it. BERNARD MOITISSIER (in The Lo…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-07-11:900123:Comment:257352008-07-11T02:16:29.529ZFranchttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/DracFranc
BERNARD MOITISSIER (in The Long Way):<br />
<br />
I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh but simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present. In this limitless nation, this nation of wind, light and peace, there is no oher ruler besides the sea.
BERNARD MOITISSIER (in The Long Way):<br />
<br />
I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh but simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present. In this limitless nation, this nation of wind, light and peace, there is no oher ruler besides the sea. and if you can't tie a knot t…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-06-23:900123:Comment:229272008-06-23T19:13:38.510Zdebbiehttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/debbie
and if you can't tie a knot tie a lot!
and if you can't tie a knot tie a lot! The minimalist theory of main…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-06-23:900123:Comment:229202008-06-23T19:04:30.954ZRichardhttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/Richard
<b>The minimalist theory of maintenance</b>: If it doesn't move and it should, spray it with WD40. If it does move and it shouldn't, wrap it with duct tape.
<b>The minimalist theory of maintenance</b>: If it doesn't move and it should, spray it with WD40. If it does move and it shouldn't, wrap it with duct tape.