Sailors Sayings Needed

[Waterborn]

''Like standing in a cold shower ripping up hundred dollar bills.''

Favorite line about sailing

[loo65]

Dog is my co-pirate. (Unfortunately do not know who originally wrote that.)

[Knowazark]

Sailing : the fine art of getting wet, getting cold and going nowhere fast while spending large amounts of money.

Boat : (1) a hole in the water into which money is poured.
(2) an acronym for Bring Out Another Thousand.

[tami]

I'd rather be in my boat, with a drink on the rocks
Than in the drink, with my boat on the rocks

[Curmudgeon]

Un marin sans couteau c'est comme une femme sans _____.
(fill in the blank)

[sv-Mystique]

waves are not measured in feet or inches, rather by increments of fear......

[Canibul]

It's your turn in the barrel.

[countrybimm]

My boat is small, Thy sea is great.
Have mercy.

[barnakiel]

F(...)k!

Substitutes any other sailor's saying in tight quarters. It is also probably the one most commonly used.

Yes, I know it is rude, but you know language is a living thing. And I have never heard anybody say '...the sun red at dawn blahblah.." other than in the movies.

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[olepedersen]

(Keep it safe)Tow it or stow it

[totemthepole]

Splice the Main Brace

[Chief Engineer]

Nelson's Blood

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by Chief Engineer

Nelson's Blood

Legend says that after Lord Nelson fell in the Battle of Trafalger, his body was sealed ina cask of rum to preserve it. When the sailors heard of this, they drank their fill. Thus, grog (rum) became known as "Nelson's Blood".

[Mule]

(Don't, He, I) let the cat out of the bag.

refering to telling something that will get a sailor flogged with a Cat of Nine tails.

[BubbleHeadMd]

Navigare necesse est- To sail is necessary.