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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, Your head like the golden-rod, And we will go sailing away from here To the beautiful land of Nod” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Toni Morrison

“If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it.” – Toni Morrison

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Allan Villiers

“Only fools and passengers drink at sea.” – Allan Villiers

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Anne Davison

” A tourist remains an outsider throughout his visit; but a sailor is part of the local scene from the monent he arrives.” – Anne Davison

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Tracy Ross

“Nothing goes to windward like a 747.” – Tracy Ross

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E. B. White

“If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.” - E. B. White

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Hugo Vihlen

“I don’t know who named them swells. There’s nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls.” - Hugo Vihlen

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Money

“Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.”

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Lee Allred

“Without patience, a sailor I would never be.” – Lee Allred

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Buddy Melges

“Sailboat racing becomes a game of chance only when you are not prepared.”  - Buddy Melges