Sailing Quotes
We regularly feature a sailing quote on the home page and archive it here. If you have a favorite quote, send it in.
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the
world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks
are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I
am haunted by waters.”
- Norman Maclean, “A River Runs Through It.”
"The need to sail, the desire to connect to the wind and water, to achieve that
Feng Shui Harmony, Yin Yang balance, without the noise & pollution of man-made
propulsion is, even if not seen/recognized as such, a calling of the Spirit,
the desire to be one with God". – ( Ray Grigg)
“There is nothing outstanding or unusual about it. Everything seems to just work well. In a way, it is a masterpiece.” - - Olin Stephens II, on his design of the Tartan 34 C sailing yacht
“You can’t trust the ocean.” - The Weather Channel
„Wer baut auf Wind, baut auf Satans Erbarmen!“
(„Whoever trusts the Wind, trusts Satan’s mercy!“)
- Richard Wagner, “Der Fliegende Hollander” (The Flying Dutchman)
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change;
the realist adjusts the sails.” - William Arthur Ward
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by
the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the
trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain