Sailing Alone Around the World
A source page for quotes linked to Joshua Slocum.
“As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me from the first.”
“To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.”
“Now, it it well known that one cannot step on a tack without saying something about it.”
“Remember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide!”
“Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead.”
“But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?”
“...as the day wore on I watched the birds all flying in one direction, and said, Land lies there.”