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Who said that? A collection of sailing, sea and shipping quotes and sayings...


Quote: “The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from the other troubles in life; it is a safe retreat.” By: Francis Herreshoff, Boat Designer


Quote: “To reach a port we must set sail - sail not tie at anchor; sail, not drift.” By: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Quote: “There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” By: Kenneth Grahame, Writer


Quote: “It is not the ship so much as the skilful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.” By George William Curtis


Quote: “Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk.”


By: Sir Francis Chichester (while loading his boat with gin)


Quote: “If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.” By: Jonathan Winters


Quote: “He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger.” By Hammond Innes, Novelist


Quote: “When the draught of your vessel exceeds the depth of the water, you are most assuredly, aground.” By: Ian Walsh


Quote: “Only two sailors, in my experience, never ran aground. One never left port and the other was an atrocious liar.” By: Don Bamford


Quote: “No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.” By: Horatio Nelson


Quote: “There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting and enslaving than life at sea.” By: Joseph Conrad, Writer


Just for a bit of fun and with the aim of bringing a smile to your face and a knowing nod from your head, The Report Magazine has put together an eclectic mix of 50 sailing, sea and shipping


quotes - some modern,


some ancient. In many cases they are attributed to very famous people, but other examples come from lesser known individuals; but for all it seemed sailing and the sea was the inspiration for their thought provoking words.


Quote: “He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.” By: Leonardo da Vinci


Quote: “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” By: Thomas Aquinas


Quote: “The art of the sailor is to leave nothing to chance.” By: Annie Van De Wiele


Quote: “I’m telling you that India is that way, now set my course.” By: Christopher Columbus


Quote: “’Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.” By: Thomas Fuller


Quote: “The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.” By: Ovid, Poet


The Report • December 2017 • Issue 82 | 73


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