Weve all heard em either positive or negative (usualy negative ) .
Got any boat sayings youd like to share? Here's one -
Theres only ever two good days when you own a boat!
The day you buy it and the day you sell it! ![]()
You can only pee to windward once you have rounded Cape Horn.
If you think it is time to reef, you should have done it half an hour ago.
We run a tight ship here. Lately though some of us have been getting too tight too often.
It's blowing the dogs off their chains (a favourite of my late old man).
"Sailing; The fine art of getting wet, becomming ill whilst slowly going nowhere at great expense." Whoever came up with that was clearly not a sailor.
The sea has neither meaning or pity.
When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land
There was a whole bunch of "cruising" sayings That went - - - -
Cruising, The slowest most expensive way of getting there!
Cruising, Fixing or repairing your boat in exotic Ports. -------
From a very funny little book called "The Art of Coarse Cruising" which is sprinkled with illustrated "Gems from the Mudbanks" such as:-
"When weeds and grass appear on the bow, it is time to come about."
One i'm sure Cisco will appreciate
"Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk."
- Sir Francis Chichester![]()
^^^^ Spot on Disralei.![]()
What fun is there in cruisin' with out boozin' ???
If you are gonna keep the milk cold, why not do the beer too.
My daughter gave me a bottle of the world's finest Rum for Christmas. Angostura 1824, aged for 12 years in a charred oak barrel at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Merry Christmas you gang of swabs!!