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Eric Hiscock

“The only way to get a good crew is to marry one.” – Eric Hiscock

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Roselle Mercier Montgomery

“Never a ship sails out of a bay, but carries my heart as a stowaway.” – Roselle Mercier Montgomery

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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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George William Curtis

“It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.” – George William Curtis

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Nicholas Monsarrat

“Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.” – Nicholas Monsarrat

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Howard Bloomfield

“Cruising has two pleasures. One is to go out in wider waters from a sheltered place. The other is to go into a sheltered place from wider waters.” – Howard Bloomfield

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Charles C. Davis

“Out of sight of land the sailor feels safe. It is the beach that worries him.” – Charles C. Davis

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Sterling Hayden

“Wind is to us what money is to life on shore.” – Sterling Hayden

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Bernard Moitessier

“I hate storms, but calms undermine my spirits.” – Bernard Moitessier