Bei der Suche nach Informationen rund ums Boot sind Internetforen die bei weitestem beste Fundgrube. Originelle Sinnsprüche, die die Diskutierenden an ihre Beiträge anheften, sind im Folgenden aufgelistet, geben sie doch in subtiler humoristischer Weise wieder, wie Segler gestrickt sind. Falls die Quellen bzw. Autoren bekannt sind, sind sie natürlich angegeben.
Life begins where land ends.
There’s nothing . . . absolutely nothing . . . half so much worth doing as simply throwing money at a boat.
When you are on a power boat you have a motor to get you quickly to the place you want to be … when you are on a sailboat you are already there.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow – what a ride!
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Rust never sleeps.
Open your mind, but not so far your brain falls out.
Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. (Benford)
If you didn’t have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?
Travel light in life, Take only what you need: A loving family, good friends, Simple pleasures, Someone to love, someone to love you; Something to eat, enough to wear, And a little more than enough to drink, For thirst is a dangerous thing.
All great voyages have started on a foundation of financial uncertainty.
A bad day on the Water or a Good Day on Land?
Few things should be taken more seriously than pleasure.
As a man thinketh, so shall he be. (Don’t know whose quote it is, but I do know I got it from a very old book.)
Life is dangerous and always ends in death!
May there always be water under your boat, May she always be seaworthy, ever afloat, May the bilge pump be certain to work night and day, May the compass and charts always show the safe way, May you find gentle harbor as every day ends, May you lower your anchor amidst peace and good friends.
The only way to get a good crew is to marry one. (Eric Hiscock)
Money can’t buy you happiness but it can buy you a yacht large enough to pull up right alongside it. (David Lee Roth)
Its better to regret something you have done, than to regret not having done it.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. (Mark Twain)
We don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing! (Ben Franklin)
What the boat wants, the boat gets!
Don’t worry about it until it brakes! (Billy Abbott)
Reality is for those who lack imagination.
They say that the day you buy your boat and the day you sell her are the two happiest days in a boater’s life!
Nicht alles was ein Loch hat ist kaputt!
Wenn Du den Finger ins Meer tauchst bist Du mit der ganzen Welt verbunden. (dalmatinische Weisheit)
Wenn Reisen Erleben bedeutet und sich von dem Vorgang, transportiert zu werden, unterscheidet, dann steht der Wert einer Reise in umgekehrtem Verhältnis zu Ihrer Geschwindigkeit. (Zitat aus dem Buch ,,Kap Zorn“ von Björn Larsson.)
Auch stille Wasser sind naß.
Man soll die Crew nicht vor dem Abend loben!
Nobody is perfect, except your captain.
Die Seefahrt ist nicht nur eine Lebensweise, sie kann die Grundlage einer Lebenssicht sein. Zur See zu fahren bedeutet, ständig mit dem Wandel zu leben, niemals etwas als selbstverständlich vorauszusetzen, weil man die See nie beherrschen kann, weil man immer in Gefahr ist. Wenn man auf See ist, erfährt man die wahre Bedeutung oder Bedeutungslosigkeit des Menschen. An Land hält man sich stets für wichtiger, als man es tatsächlich ist. Man versucht, Spuren zu hinterlassen, im Bewusstsein anderer und vor dem, was man für die Ewigkeit hält. Auf See sieht man ein, wie sinnlos das ist. Wenn ein Schiff vorübergezogen ist und das Kielwasser sich wieder beruhigt hat, ist alles so wie zuvor. Die See liefert die Ethik, die unseren Umgang mit den anderen Menschen bestimmen sollte. (Aus “Der Keltische Ring” von B. Larsson; gesehen auf der Homepage der sy-naja.)
Das Lied für den Sturm:
Five Miles Out
Vocals: Mike Oldfield and Maggie Reillyfalling, falling
What do you do when your falling you’ve got 30 degrees and your
stalling out
And its 24 miles to the beacon there’s a crack in the sky and the
warnings outDon’t take that dive again
Push through that band of rainFive miles out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out
Your number 1 anticipating youClimbing out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out
Your number 1 anticipating youMayday, Mayday, Mayday
Calling all stations
This is Golf Mike Oscar Victor Juliet
IMC CU.NIMB.ICING
In great difficulty
OverThe traffic controller is calling
Victor Juliet your identity
I have lost in the violet storm
Communicate or squawk emergencyDon’t take that dive again
Push through that band of rainLost in Static 18
And the storm is closing in now
Automatic 18 – Got to push through – Trapped in living hellYour a prisoner of the dark sky
The propeller blades are still
And the evil eye of the hurricane’s
Coming in now for the killOur hope’s with you – Rider in the blue
Welcome’s waiting, We’re anticipating
You’ll be celebrating, when you’re down, and brakingClimbing out – climbing climbing
Five miles out – climbing climbingFive miles out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out
Climbing ClimbingFive miles out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out
Climbing ClimbingClimbing out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out
Climbing ClimbingFive miles out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out
Climbing ClimbingClimbing out
Just hold your heading true
Got to get your finest out