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Hunter S. Thompson

“It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.” – Hunter S. Thompson

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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

“Prevention is, as in other aspects of seamanship, better than cure.” – Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

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Aubrey de Selincourt

“A sailing vessel is alive in a way that no ship with mechanical power ever be.” – Aubrey de Selincourt

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Allan Villiers

“There is little man has made that approaches anything in nature, but a sailing ship does. There is not much man has made that calls to all the best in him, but a sailing ship does.” – Allan Villiers

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Arthur Ashe

“I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.” – Arthur Ashe

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Stephen Wright

“A lot of people ask me if I were shipwrecked, and could only have one book, what would it be? I always say ‘How to Build a Boat’.” – Stephen Wright

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Joshua Slocum

β€œTo young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.” – Joshua Slocum

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Van Wyck Brooks

“No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or three icebergs, until he has been lost in the sands of the desert, until he … Continue reading

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Sailing video Hallberg Rassy on passage

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Dennis Conner

“My goal in sailing isn’t to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.” – Dennis Conner