Thoughts, Musings, Ramblings...

[MarioG]

..... The desire to build a boat is the desire of youth, unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resting place….

.....It begins as a little cloud on a serene horizon. It ends by covering the whole sky, so that you can think of nothing else. You must build to regain your freedom.

[MarioG]

"For the truth is that I already know as much about my fate as I need to know. The day will come when I will die. So the only matter of consequence before me is what I will do with my allotted time. I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze."

Richard Bode
First You Have to Row a Little Boat

[MarioG]

"Do they ask me what pleasure I find on the sea?
- Why, absence from land is a pleasure to me:
A hamper of porter, and plenty of grog,
A friend, when too sleepy, to give me a jog,
A coop that will always some poultry afford,
Some bottles of gin, and no parson on board,
A crew that is brisk when it happens to blow,
One compass on deck and another below,
A girl, with more sense than the girl at the head,
To read me a novel, or make up me bed --
The man that has these, has a treasure in store
That millions possess not who live upon shore."

Philip Freneau

[MarioG]

What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the ship that will cross the sea,
We plant the mast to carry the sails,
We plant the planks to withstand the gales-
The keel, the keelson, and beam and knee-
We plant the ship when we plant the tree.

Henry Abbey

[(Nobody You Know)]

I'll help you out...this is the message on the back of my card...

On an ancient wall in China where a brooding Buddha blinks,
Deeply graven is the message - it is later than you think.
The clock of life is wound but once and no man has the power,
To tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour.
Now is all the time you own, the past a golden link,
Go cruising now my brother - it is later than you think.
Anonymous

[MikeP]

If you drive a car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet
TAXMAN!
George Harrison

[Capt.Erich]

"If you don't hear from me in 10 days call the Coast Guard."

I told this to my mother as I was sailing out of Beaufort Inlet heading to Bermuda. I called her seven days later from the White Horse Tavern in St. George's after a few Dark and Stormies. She has never forgiven me for this.

[MarioG]

"I know who you are, but you'll have to wipe your feet."

-Capt. Richard Brown of the schooner America to Prince Albert of England, 1851

[jeff shayne]

comb a dog; wash a dog; still a dog!

[jim rosenthal]

Don't look back; something may be gaining on you.
(Satchel Paige)