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As, however, the port in reality lies in thirty-two degrees thirty-four minutes, according to the observations that have been made, they went much beyond it, thus making the voyage much longer than was necessary.

— Junipero Serra

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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.

— Henry Ward Beecher

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

— Thomas Aquinas

He enters the port with a full sail.

— Virgil

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed boat in seven minutes but then it was a long way away.

— Jeremy Irons

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

— George William Curtis

Landing in the ocean and waiting for the Navy to come alongside and haul you out of the drink is what space capsules require. And after the capsule is recovered, it would take weeks for the ship to return to port.

— Buzz Aldrin

The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.

— Amelia Barr

Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.

— Christopher Columbus

The people got daily worse from the cold and the bad water, and they must all have perished if they had not discovered the port about the time they did.

— Junipero Serra

The days of languorous shore leave are long gone. Overnight stays are unheard of and sailor towns a distant memory. In better ports, seafarers head for a seamen's mission.

— Rose George

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