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If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.

Sailing is such a variable sport. There could be no wind, or there could be 25 knots. You never know what you're going to get.

The sailor's life is at the best a life of danger. He pursues honor on the mountain wave and finds it in the battle and in the storm, and never did more distinguished chivalry display itself than in the conduct of our seamen during the late war.

I've always been a very careful sailor. I know, me and being careful - doesn't really sound right, does it? But when I sail, I take it seriously and take along spares for everything. You have to be careful when you're 1,500 miles from land. There's no one you can call. You're on your own.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.

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.

I like to sail. My son Caden and I are avid sailors.