What she really loved was to hang over the edge and watch the bow of the ship slice through the waves. She loved it especially when the waves were high and the ship rose and fell, or when it was snowing and the flakes stung her face.
Kristin Cashore...this beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this was so beautiful it stopped my breath...
Gary PaulsenTags: sea wind ocean sailing boats
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.
L.A. MeyerI love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
Herman MelvilleTags: adventure travel just-do-it sailing travels adventuresome adventurous
Go small, go simple, go now
Larry PardeyTags: adventure sailing self-sufficiency cruising
I grew to judge every purchase by how many bronze screws I could buy for the boat if I didn't spend on this or made do without that.
Lin PardeyTags: sailing boats boating thrift boat
Thing about boats is, you can always sell them if you don't like them. Can't sell kids.
Lin PardeyTags: parenthood sailing kids boats
The hair of his face, on the contrary, carroty and flaming, resembled a growth of copper wire clipped short to the line of the lip; while, no matter how close he shaved, fiery metallic gleams passed, when he moved his head, over the surface of his cheeks.
Joseph ConradShe watched the gap between ship and shore grow to a huge gulf. Perhaps this was a little like dying, the departed no longer visible to the others, yet both still existed, only in different worlds.
Susan WiggsTags: travel sea ocean sailing ship cruise
You can’t believe how bleeding scary the sea is! There’s, like, whales and storms and shit! They don’t bloody tell you that!
Libba BrayTags: sea sailing captain-sinjin
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