Quotes About Sailing

Sailing down from the underside of the firelit clouds was a small ship of grass

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

and black sky. She waited impatiently for her third martini, making small talk with the bartender. The minute the drink was ready, she set a course for the terrace, sailing past the

And if that is the Foremast, what do you think that sail might be called, Mr. Wheeler?" "The Foresail?" "Very good, Mr. Wheeler, and the next one up would be called..." ..."The Next Sail, Sir?" "Alas, no, Mr. Wheeler.

We clear the harbor and the wind catches her sails and my beautiful ship leans over ever so gracefully, and her elegant bow cuts cleanly into the increasing chop of the waves. I take a deep breath and my chest expands and my heart starts thumping so strongly I fear the others might see it beat through the cloth of my jacket. I face the wind and my lips peel back from my teeth in a grin of pure joy.

He penned a letter to the Company in London, a letter whose unfailing spirit would become legendary among the sailors of the East India Company. 'I cannot tell where you should looke for me.' he wrote, 'because I live at the devotion of the winds and seas.' (Written by/about Captain James Lancaster, on the ship Red Dragon, during a terrible storm, 1603)

The leading navies of the world were situated in a challenging period between the age of fighting sail and the age of nuclear propulsion when fuel was consumable and therefore a critical limit on their reach. Once the term steaming replaced sailing in the naval lexicon, the concept of an operating radius took root. "If an enemy lay beyond that radius, the fleet might as well be chained to a post," a maritime historian wrote.

We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories.

What we are doing in the Pacific is we're flying, operating, and sailing wherever international law allows, and the purpose of that is to demonstrate that we are standing up for those rules.

We went sailing one time, and he wore a Speedo, and any smart woman should know that means bisexual at least.

Haec ubi dicta, petunt portus, et vela secundi intendunt Zephyri; fertur cita gurgite classis, et tandem laeti notae advertuntur harenae.

Time flaps on the mast--

Day ends The sun is waning Sailing out across the sea Night falls The shadows come But I've another sun in me.

Magellan finally gave the command to weigh anchor on August 24. After the harrowing five-month layover

With their maneuverable sails and impressive seaworthiness, caravels became the vessels of choice for exploration.

equipped with crew, food, and artillery, to wit that the said ships are to go supplied for two years

With their shallow draught and movable sails, Henry's caravels could set a course close to the wind

and they could tack, that is, shift their course to take advantage of the wind

and on May 5 sailed northeast into the North Atlantic.

Hugging the coast, the fleet spent the last week of February sailing west toward Bahía Blanca

Serrano had no time to reef the sails. Fierce seas pounded the ship

Serrano attempted to head into the wind and ride out the storm, but overpowering gusts tore the sails

Magellan spoke excitedly of his intention to sail along the eastern coast of what is now called South America until the land ended

Magellan's crew, confined aboard their ships, relied on worm-eaten biscuits