Joshua Slocum Sea Quotations

Evening after evening during this time I read by the light of a candle on deck. There was no wind at all, and the sea became smooth and monotonous.

To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go. The tales of rough usage are for the most part exaggerations, as also are the tales of sea danger. To face the elements is, to be sure, no light matter when the sea is in its grandest mood. You must then know the sea, and know that you know it, and not forget that it was made to be sailed over.

But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?

The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.

As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me from the first.

I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a changed man.

On this day there was soon wind enough and to spare. The same might have been said of the sea. The Spray was in the midst of the turbulent Gulf Stream itself. She was jumping like a porpoise over the uneasy waves

Remember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide!

If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea.

I was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else.