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20-01-2007, 10:10
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Sailing Poems You've Written
Disappearing into the horizon Too insignificant to shine Into precise little squares
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20-01-2007, 10:11
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Flags of many nations
Stood proud marking
The presence of a fresh breeze
Beckoning sailors
To weigh their anchors
Hoist their sails
Sail from safety
In search of their dreams
Each so different
Yet always the same
Jef
sv Shiva
Contest 36s
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20-01-2007, 10:12
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Long Beach, CA
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Bravo. Quite good.
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s/y Elizabeth— Catalina 34 MkII
"Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them." — G. K. Chesterfield
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20-01-2007, 10:13
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I’m searching for an island The island has mountain peaks With clouds about the top It rains each day an hour But then must simply stop The rains fill the ponds, Grasses of delicious green Flowers abound in multitudes On the hills and by the streams All surrounded by endless blue Each day will be different Locals folk have so much charm A society that seems fair I’ll befriend all the sailors Who come and drop their hook The cold and freezing rains nor even the great plains Each island that I’ve sailed to Meets just part of my need I stuggle with this question With promises of new delights This searching life at sea Yet there is something about sailing That’s forever part of me
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20-01-2007, 12:19
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Cruising
Boat: Ontario 32 - Aria
Posts: 134
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More a view of when I was getting ready to move aboard than actual sailing, but written in the context of sailing.
Lost at Sea
Like waves that lap so gently, upon a distant shore,
Your scent comes drifting to me, across the crowded floor.
I watch you as you weave your way,
Amidst the reefs and shoals.
Your hair a tawny halo,
Like rings around the moon.
I wait the moment, you arrive,
Your smile a welcome light,
And wonder at the hidden depths,
It seems there are in you.
Bits and pieces of you, like flotsam on the beach,
Call to something in me,
Awaken dreams and memories,
I'd thought where now long past.
Whilst hints of all, that you could be,
Leave footprints in the sand.
I know so little, yet so much,
It leaves me wanting more.
Becalmed so far, away from shore,
Am I lost at sea?
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John
Ontario 32 - "Aria"
Within a dream, we may find a fantasy,
But never within a fantasy, will we live a dream.
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20-01-2007, 13:06
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Armchair Bucketeer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10,012
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Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
I've got a boat
and so have you!
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30-01-2013, 23:34
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Philippines in the winters
Boat: It’s in French Polynesia now
Posts: 11,368
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Re: Sailing Poems You've Written
Here I set surfing the web.
Logged on to CF before heading off to bed.
Before my eyes a post appeared.
It was a member who has a really long beard.
In the classified he posted just this
A boat for sale that shouldn’t be list.
Low and behold, it seemed like a fine vessel, she was.
But my pockets are empty and just full of fuzz.
So I clicked onto another thread with a sigh in my heart
Just to find someone who couldn’t get his motor to start
I offered up my best guess saying it was just a wire
As I watched, someone said is was false, and that the amps need to be higher
So off to another post about the best anchor that holds
To find there were so many post you had to be bold
I read and read till my eyes almost shut
Looking for the strongest anchor to shove up their butt
It seems I spend so many hour and days on this site
When I could have finished the boat when I had more youth and might.
So it’s off to bed now, thinking of the stupid political post
When I should have been thinking of the finishing the boat
To all a good night, may the wind be at your back
Oh, and this is a joke, so give me some slack!
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Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend, but the Kisses of the Enemy are Deceitful! ........
The measure of a man is how he navigates to a proper shore in the midst of a storm!
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31-01-2013, 03:53
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: St. Georges, Bda
Boat: Rhodes Reliant 41ft
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Re: Sailing Poems You've Written
Everything about me just says GO,
Priorities are burdens, I can't just throw,
I want so much to be land free,
To be where there is no land to see.
To be an invisible part of the boat
--one more thread in an ethereal coat,
Encompassing, encloaking, a protective sheath,
Protecting my flesh from the cold beneath.
Wind's touch, soft on my face,
In this one spot, in this noplace,
Endless, limitless, source of emotion,
From endless, limitless, faceless ocean.
I wrote this as a memorium to a old departed friend who in his last years was not able to do what he had done so well.
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so many projects--so little time !!
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31-01-2013, 04:24
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Memphis, Tn.
Boat: Just Photographs & Memories Now
Posts: 366
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Re: Sailing Poems You've Written
Here I float on a sea of sorrow
The sails wont hank
The engine wont crank
TowboatUS wont be here untill tomorrow
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31-01-2013, 04:41
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: St. Georges, Bda
Boat: Rhodes Reliant 41ft
Posts: 4,131
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Re: Sailing Poems You've Written
Boat in a moat, is still afloat
Until the bridge, its "west about"
Turn about, no getting out.
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so many projects--so little time !!
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31-01-2013, 04:58
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: vancouver, canada
Boat: hunter 376
Posts: 623
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Re: Sailing Poems You've Written
There was a sailor from Nantucket,
kept his boat afloat with a bucket,
he bailed and bailed
and never sailed,
so finally one day he said:
"oh forget about it."
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31-01-2013, 05:44
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Wilbur By The Sea, FL
Boat: Catalina 30
Posts: 661
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There once was a girl from Nantucket
Who did he her business in a bucket.
Once she filled her pail with one the size of a whale,
Carried it up to the rail so she could chuck it.
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31-01-2013, 14:02
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Maine
Boat: Kadey Krogen 42
Posts: 264
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Re: Sailing Poems You've Written
I said to a bug in the sink
are you taking a swim or a drink?
I, said the bug, am a sea going tug
am I heading for land, do you think?
That's silly, said I, that's no sea it's a sink.
A sink it may be, sir, but I'd sooner, I think,
be it sea in the sink than sink in the sea Sir, said he.
John Ciardi
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31-01-2013, 14:59
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#14
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Philippines in the winters
Boat: It’s in French Polynesia now
Posts: 11,368
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Re: Sailing Poems You've Written
Here I set to write another poem
From the walls of this ole shanty
And it’s all for the Cruisers Forum
Out sailing, is where I should be
Outside the wind is cold and wet
Stuck in another winter of the Pacific NW
It’s a good thing I’m not in debt
For a sailor should know what’s best
Working on the boat is a pleasure
But the weather keeps these old bones sore
Some sun and dry air I could use for sure
Working on this boat, soon to be no more
Just ordered a fuel tank to add to the tonnage
It’s aluminum, but some don’t agree
But the hull has been prep and staged
And the damn thing sure isn’t free
The new water maker is on order
And a water tank installed too
A couple weeks and it’ll be at the border
So the shower can be running just for you
Everything else is done on the boat
Except for a hard dodger windshield
It’s not my place to gloat
But I wish the boat were still in the field
Tied to a slip
There are so many rules
If this were a ship
They could be fooled
So off out in the harbor
A generator to run
I’ll grind the deck and mortar
This’ll be how it’s done
A stick of wood here
a layer of glass there
I hope it’s like a mirror
After it dries in the air
Then comes a canvas dodger to be attached at the top
Made of sumbrella and the color of blue
All the way aft is where it’ll stop
It’s made to cover me and you
This is the end for this day
I have other things to do
Let’s hope and pray
That you do too
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Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend, but the Kisses of the Enemy are Deceitful! ........
The measure of a man is how he navigates to a proper shore in the midst of a storm!
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01-02-2013, 08:21
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Marco Island
Boat: 28 ft Intrepid, hull #13
Posts: 102
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Re: Sailing Poems You've Written
Can you sail, in a gale?
And did you wail while undersail?
I did indeed sail in a gale.
And I later even peed off the rail.
Have you ever tied a knot?
Or was it a mistake and all for naught?
Of course I've tied a knot without so much as even a thought.
And it’s still there ‘cause I already done forgot.
Can you splice a line?
And did you drink up all that wine?
Sure I can splice a line and without even so much as a little whine.
And gulp, that was some mighty fine red wine.
Can you set anchor without too much rancor?
Or was that you hollering late one night while spewing much anger?
Yes I can set an anchor without any rancor.
But it was my own noisy halyard that set off all my banter.
Might you have a putty-cat to snuggle along with late at night?
Or is it jest’ you in that v-berth without any delight?
Why yes I now have a pussy-cat to snuggle with all night.
And together we take turns, turning off the lights, for a little delight!
And did you read any books while aboard your boat?
Or do you piddle your time away takin’ one too many tokes?
Heck no did I take any tokes.
But I did read Dr. Seuss’s classics I’ll have you note!
(With my utmost sincere apologies to Dr. Seuss!)
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