Sailors Sayings Needed - Page 3

Chrissie · 03-09-2009, 09:52

See if you can find a quote you like here www.cruising-women-on-yachts.com/sea-quotes.html

Joli · 03-09-2009, 10:04

If you can't tie good knots, tie lots of them.

Or

Turner to Chance after the Mariner debacle.

"What the hell were you thinking Brit, even a turd is tapered on both ends."

Chief Engineer · 05-09-2009, 21:14

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**David M** · 05-09-2009, 21:26

Classic sailor saying....
"Could you bring up another beer Hon?"

SabreKai · 06-09-2009, 19:00

3 am is a lousy time to be playing anchor, anchor, who'se got the anchor!

Dave Cross, after dragging anchor onto a reef one night

Sabre
87 days n a wake up

**Pblais** · 06-09-2009, 20:30

Pray to God - but row toward shore.

Rvrratt · 07-09-2009, 12:27

Stay thirsty, my friends!

Mustang Sally · 09-09-2009, 12:02

I'd rather be swimin with bow legged women.

Charlie · 09-09-2009, 13:09

You've already picked a good one but one of my favorites is from lattitude 38 and not really appropriate for a Tugboat Skipper but here it is anyway. ---

Life's a Reach -- And then You Gybe.

rgillar · 15-09-2009, 12:36

If you're swimmin in a creek
and an eel bites your cheek
that's a moray

Maren · 15-09-2009, 13:43

Good thing you're not going to try to put all of these on a flask. You'd need a casket.

Celestialsailor · 15-09-2009, 19:29

"Them ain't oars...them's me sisters"

Lancerbye · 15-09-2009, 22:34

Keep your stick in the air and the water on the outside.

Africaqueen · 16-09-2009, 02:21

Some time ytt doth appear
Magyque an’ fayre in the miste
But yff the pilot sayle forth
Ytt will soare vp flyinge o’r unknown seas
So ytt wylle turne blue
The colowre of distaunce

is a song from an Italian poet

YouTube - Francesco Guccini - L'Isola Non Trovata

L’isola non trovata
The island left unfounden
(Inspired by a poem of Guido Gozzano)

‘Twas the fayrest of alle
The island left unfounden
That the Kynge of Spayne
Was giuen by hys cousin
The Kynge of Portugal
With a bulla signed
And sealed by the Pontyffe
In Gothic Latyn writynge

The Kynge of Spayn sailed awaye
To seeke for that enchantyd island
But, alas! ‘twas not to be founden
And no one coude euer fynde it
Ytt disappear’d fro’ th’forecastlle
As fast as thowghte
As iff ytt were a fleetyng dream
Ytt disappear’d ne’er to be found any more.

The ancyent maps of the pyrates
Are poynted with mysterious signes
The sea men tell it yn a low voyce
For fear or for supersticyoune
No one knoweth whether ytt is
Or ytt’s a dreame
Yff you can smelle ytt in the wynde
Ytt is lyke smoke that you neuer catch...

Some time ytt doth appear
Magyque an’ fayre in the miste
But yff the pilot sayle forth
Ytt will soare vp flyinge o’r unknown seas
So ytt wylle turne blue
The colowre of distaunce
The Kynge of Spayn sailed awaye.

Rangiroo · 16-09-2009, 02:49

"Wherever it is I wish to Go
Tis from there the Wind shall Blow"

05-09-2009, 21:14	#3
Chief Engineer Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North of Baltimore Boat: Ericson 27 & 18' Herrmann Catboat Posts: 2,007	Pyrate eye exam R R R RRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

05-09-2009, 21:26	#4
David M Moderator Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Francisco Bay Boat: research vessel Posts: 4,660	Classic sailor saying.... "Could you bring up another beer Hon?" __________________ David Where land ends life begins.

06-09-2009, 19:00	#5
SabreKai Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada on Lake Ontario Boat: Roberts Offshore 38 Posts: 217	3 am is a lousy time to be playing anchor, anchor, who'se got the anchor! Dave Cross, after dragging anchor onto a reef one night Sabre 87 days n a wake up __________________ SabreKai SV Sabre Dance, Roberts Offshore 38 SV Espina, Mason 31

06-09-2009, 20:30	#6
Pblais Moderator Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hayes, VA Boat: Gozzard 36 - Bright Eyes Posts: 6,570	Pray to God - but row toward shore. __________________ Paul Blais s/v Bright Eyes Gozzard 36 37 15.7 N 76 28.9 W

07-09-2009, 12:27	#7
Rvrratt Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: St Paul, MN / Doha, Qatar Boat: 1980 Moody 33 C/C & 50ft Steel Houseboat Posts: 31	Stay thirsty, my friends! __________________ _____________________________ Stay thirsty, my friends...

03-09-2009, 09:52	#1
Chrissie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: I live in the Whitsundays, Queensland ,Australia Boat: Levitation Posts: 5	See if you can find a quote you like here www.cruising-women-on-yachts.com/sea-quotes.html

03-09-2009, 10:04	#2
Joli Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588	If you can't tie good knots, tie lots of them. Or Turner to Chance after the Mariner debacle. "What the hell were you thinking Brit, even a turd is tapered on both ends."

09-09-2009, 12:02	#8
Mustang Sally Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Caribbean Boat: Voyage 44 Posts: 81	I'd rather be swimin with bow legged women. __________________ Capt Dirty Doug Mate Wicked Wendy Catamaran Mustang Sally

09-09-2009, 13:09	#9
Charlie Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nevada City. CA Boat: Sceptre 41 Ohana Posts: 1,942	You've already picked a good one but one of my favorites is from lattitude 38 and not really appropriate for a Tugboat Skipper but here it is anyway. --- Life's a Reach -- And then You Gybe. __________________ Fair Winds, Charlie Between us there was, as I have already said somewhere, the bond of the sea. Besides holding our hearts together through long periods of separation, it had the effect of making us tolerant of each other's yarns -- and even convictions. Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad

15-09-2009, 12:36	#10
rgillar Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 8	If you're swimmin in a creek and an eel bites your cheek that's a moray

15-09-2009, 13:43	#11
Maren Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Eastern Seaboard Boat: Searunner 34 Posts: 760	Good thing you're not going to try to put all of these on a flask. You'd need a casket. __________________ Regards, Maren The sea is always beautiful, sometimes mysterious and, on occasions, frighteningly powerful.

15-09-2009, 19:29	#12
Celestialsailor Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Moss Landing, Ca. (aboard) Boat: Rawson 30 Pilothouse Posts: 1,188	"Them ain't oars...them's me sisters" __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow - what a ride!"

15-09-2009, 22:34	#13
Lancerbye Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Victoria at present. Boat: Lancer 44 Motorsailer Posts: 708	Keep your stick in the air and the water on the outside. __________________ The basis of accomplishment is in never quitting Mengzi Meng-tse

16-09-2009, 02:49	#15
Rangiroo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: On board our Stevens 47 Boat: Stevens 47 Posts: 187	"Wherever it is I wish to Go Tis from there the Wind shall Blow" __________________ To incident I am prone... Cast me out and watch me skip along.....

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