#nautical quote

[hms-surprise]

He was also as much a sailor, as an hero; he knew every rope in the ship as well as a forecastle man, both how to put it up, and how to take it down.

A.B George Watson praising an officer in the HMS Eagle

[hms-surprise]

There are many landsmen who love ships with a strange devotion, a devotion not peculiar to men who go down to the sea in ships, an admiration not depending either in the construction of the hull, the form of the rigging and its sails, or on the brains and brawn of those who direct the vessels' paths across the great deep. Their love is founded upon something more intangible and wonderful. It is to be found in that subtle awakening of mental processes, that consciousness of self-appreciation arising from the realization that the object of their affection and interest, the ship, combines all the elements of aesthetic fundamentals; that it is in fact inherently a work of art, replete with line, colour, form, atmosphere. And for the perfect setting of this work of art, intensifying it's beauty and romance, is the ever-present, ever-changing mystery of the sea.

Henry Culver- The Book of Old Ships

[artistthingstosay]

Sail The Seas Wall Art, Sailor print, Sailing wall decor. Blue nautical theme, Ocean nautical nursery. Ocean theme, Sea nursery wall picture

[loveandocean-blog]

Stay salty my friends.

[deanspillowprincess]

Getting my tattoo priced up this week, but I can't pick a decent quote OTL

I'm stuck between these three:

"Smooth seas never made a skilled sailor"

"A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are built for"

"The cure for anything is salt; sweat, tears, or the sea"

Which one do I go for?!

[theoffshore-blog]

Hope anchors the soul.

[theoffshore-blog]

A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, for he'll be going out on a day when he shouldn't. But we do be afraid of the sea, and we do only be drownded now and again.

J M Synge

[theoffshore-blog]

A ship is safe in the harbor...but that's not what ships are for.