172 Quotes About Sailing
- Author Cathy Ostlere
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Listen, Miss, boats are supposed to float. Even if they break up, they usually still float and show up on a shore somewhere. There have been no reports of wreckage or abandoned boats. At this point, no news is still good news. Don't worry. It's too early to worry.
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- Author Neil Armstrong
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Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.
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- Author Dave Barry
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Fortunately the boat we rented had a motor in it You will definitely want this feature on your sailboat too, because if you put up the sails, the boat tips way over, and you could spill your beer.
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- Author Dave Barry
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You have to be careful on the deck, because of the "hatches," which are holes placed around a sailboat at random to increase the insurance rates.
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- Author Dave Barry
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It takes a minimum of six people, working in close harmony, to successfully flush a nautical toilet. That's why those old ships carried such large crews.
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- Author Dave Barry
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Here in Miami, on weekends, amusement-seekers will come to the marina, set up folding chairs, and spend a highly entertaining day watching boat owners perform comical maneuvers such as forgetting to set their parking brakes and having their cars roll down the ramp and disappear, burbling gaily, below the surface.
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- Author Dave Barry
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Sailboats are the slowest form of transportation on Earth with the possible exeption of airline flights that go through O'Hare.
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- Author Dave Barry
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He's a boating enthusiast, although that phrase seems too weak to describe the level of his interest, kind of like describing someone as a heroin fancier.
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- Author Edmund Burke
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The ocean is an object of no small terror.
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