One Liners
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Re: One Liners
...and there is always:
Never approach the dock any faster than you want to hit it.
Never approach the dock any faster than you want to hit it.
Tim
Nonsuch 26 Ultra,
Previously, Sláinte a CD27
Nonsuch 26 Ultra,
Previously, Sláinte a CD27
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Re: One Liners
When your brother-in-law asks how he can help, "Just sit there and don't touch anything," might be the best answer.
Fair winds, Neil
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Re: One Liners
Never let out more anchor rode than you have!
Fair winds, Neil
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Re: One Liners
Never, ever, EVER run a lantern up a halyard (poor man's anchor light) without first attaching a downhaul.
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"The more I expand the island of my knowledge, the more I expand the shoreline of my wonder"
Sir Isaac Newton
"The more I expand the island of my knowledge, the more I expand the shoreline of my wonder"
Sir Isaac Newton
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Re: One Liners
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Bill Goldsmith
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Loonsong
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If there's risk of collision between you and a powerboat, anticipate a near death experience.
Fair winds, Neil
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Cape Dory 28 #167
Boston, MA
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Boston, MA
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Re: One Liners
Surprised no one else mentioned this one:
It is better to shake out a reef when you're bored than to tuck in a reef when you're scared.
It is better to shake out a reef when you're bored than to tuck in a reef when you're scared.
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Re: One Liners
How about these:
Mackerel sky and mare's tails make tall ships carry lower sails
and
Comes the wind before the rain, soon the sun will shine again??
Mackerel sky and mare's tails make tall ships carry lower sails
and
Comes the wind before the rain, soon the sun will shine again??
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Re: One Liners
I was a kid when I first heard this one:
Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
Red sky at night, sailors delight.
Think spring,
O J
Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
Red sky at night, sailors delight.
Think spring,
O J
"If I rest, I rust"
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I've long wondered what "soon" means here. Is it minutes or days?swpatooty2 wrote:How about these:
Mackerel sky and mare's tails make tall ships carry lower sails
and
Comes the wind before the rain, soon the sun will shine again??
Fair winds, Neil
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Re: One Liners
I'm sure it relates to sailing in many ways, but my ol' Pappy wasn't a sailor when he told me,
"If you don't think too good, don't think too much..."
"If you don't think too good, don't think too much..."
"If a Man speaks at Sea, where no Woman can hear,
Is he still wrong? " anonymous, Phoenician, circa 500 b.c.
Is he still wrong? " anonymous, Phoenician, circa 500 b.c.
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Hi all,
"Do not sail on the brown part of the chart. it's the sh**."
The likelihood of the second happening is the same as the buttered side of the bread landing butter side up.
Off to the south tomorrow. Next stop Lankawi, Malaysia.
Take care,
Fred
A corallery to the first isMy two favorites...
"Don't sail where the birds are walking."
"Always hit the softest, least expensive thing you can find."
Jim.
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Sarasota, FL
"Do not sail on the brown part of the chart. it's the sh**."
The likelihood of the second happening is the same as the buttered side of the bread landing butter side up.
Off to the south tomorrow. Next stop Lankawi, Malaysia.
Take care,
Fred
You should always have an odd number of holes in your boat!
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Re: One Liners
Do unto others BEFORE they do it to you!Bill Goldsmith wrote:Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Joe
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Re: One Liners
Give a man enough rope and he'll
START A CIGAR FACTORY.
O J
START A CIGAR FACTORY.
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O J
"If I rest, I rust"
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Give a sailor a rope and he'll give you back a line.
Fair winds, Neil
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