Quotes About Navigation

Did the famous shipbuilder, Donald Mackay specify as 'right' or'left' when describing the 'yardarms' on the masts of his globe-girdling China Clipper sailing ships?

The chart will show water depth in most larger creeks, and anywhere you note good depths of five feet right against the shore approaching a junction of two creeks or a creek and a river, you can bet there will be linesiders hanging around.

To reach a port we must set sail – Sail, not tie at anchor Sail, not drift.

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.

A smooth sea never a skilled sailor made.

Emotions help us navigate a complex world that we don't fully comprehend. They are our body's way of ensuring that we do what is best for us.

Ha notado que pasa con los mapas de carreteras lo mismo que con los periódicos, las camisas y las ideas peregrinas? Una vez desplegados, ya no hay quien vuelva a doblarlos.

Know where safe harbors are and what course to steer. The best trip is always a safe trip.

Let's not capsize," Vincent recommended.

How did I get here from there? How do I get there from here?

a surefooted and confident mapmaker does not a swift traveler make. I stumble and fall, and I constantly find myself needing to change course. And even though I'm trying to follow a map that I've drawn, there are many times when frustration and self-doubt take over, and I wad up that map and shove it into the junk drawer in my kitchen.

It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course.

We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course.

Not till we are completely lost or turned around, do we begin to find ourselves.

Fancy me between Scylla and Charybdis.

Maybe it doesn't make sense but it's my way. I can't navigate any other way

Never dream with thy hand on the helm! Turn not thy back to the compass; accept the first hint of the hitching tiller; believe not the artificial fire, when its redness makes all things look ghastly. To-morrow, in the natural sun, the skies will be bright; those who glared like devils in the forking flames, the morn will show in far other, at least gentler, relief; the glorious, golden, glad sun, the only true lamp - all others but liars!

In this world, headwinds are far more prevalent than winds from astern (that is, if you never violate the Pythagorean maxim).

The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.

In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi River. Yes, there is commercial navigation on it, and there will be tomorrow.

I feel like I'm a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where to go - I have this bad habit, I always question the drivers. I do that all the time because I feel like I know the best way, when really it's like, 'Yo, man, shut up. This dude does this every day of his life.'

GPS devices are fantastic, but when travelling, especially in the middle of Africa, you must always bring a map as well.

Usually, there is no equivalent of air traffic control at sea. Some busy areas operate 'traffic separation schemes,' but mostly, ships are treated like cars on roads where there are rules and codes of behavior, and successful, accident-free outcomes depend on everyone respecting them. As on roads, this doesn't always work.

During an open water swim, it's easy to lose your direction. With all the splash, it can be quite hard to see the next buoy, so I look behind it for something bigger, like a tree or a building, and aim for that instead.