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"And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas;
​and God saw that it was good."  -Genesis 1-10  KJV
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We hope you enjoy our collection of quotes inspired by a love-of-the-sea;
Then read the ship's log (our sea-going blog) for how it all came to be.   LB


"Throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from the safe harbor...Explore, dream, discover."  -Mark Twain
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"You can't cross the ocean if you are afraid to lose sight of the shore"  -unk

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
-Harriet Beecher Stowe    

"The right of way goes to the vessel with the least competent crew."  -Mike Baiocchi


"The best bilge pump of all is a bucket in the hands of a frightened man."
-Butch Dalrymple Smitht

"Fighting in a marriage is like saying your half of the ship is sinking."  -unk

"Life isn't about waiting for the winds to change...It's learning to adjust your sails."  -unk

"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars."  -Latin Proverb

"May your anchor be tight, your cork be loose, your rum be spiced, and your compass be true."  -unk

"If you can't tie a knot; Tie a lot."  -Winslow Liferaft Company

"Keep calm and stay anchored."  -unk

"A rising tide lifts all boats... describing something beneficial to everybody."  -unk

"Time and tide wait for no man."  -Geoffrey Chaucer

"Cruising has two pleasures.  One is to go out in wider waters from a sheltered place.   The other is to go into a sheltered place from wider waters."  -Howard Bloomfield

"Remember, it was a professional who built the Titantic, it was an amateur who built Noah's ark."
 -Vanessa Linsley

"Life's roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors."  -unk

"God is my anchor and by his strength my anchor holds."  -unk

"Home is where you dock your boat."  -unk

"When docking your boat, don't go faster than you are willing to pay for."  -unk

"The harbor is safe but that's not what boats are for."  -unk

"Oh God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small."  -Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The happiest days in a person's life is the day he buys the boat and the day he sells the boat."  -unk

Wishing you ..."fair winds and following seas"  -an old Navy quote

"Old sailors never die they just get a little dinghy."  -unk

"I'd rather be on the boat with a drink on the rocks than in the drink with a boat on the rocks."  -unk

"Good things come to those who bait."  -unk

"Little fishy in the brook, won't you come and bite my hook?"  -unk

"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it."  -Jonathan Winters

"Boat math:  10 projects to do.  9 projects done.  19 projects to go."  -unk
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"Advice from the ocean:
Be sure of yourself.
Come out of your shell.
Take time to coast.
Avoid pier pressure.
Sea life's beauty.
Don't get tide down.
Make waves.
Adapt to changing tides.
Harbor strength and perseverance.
​Let your cares drift away."  -unk

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