The Quotable Sailor (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

Anyone who loves sailing will find hours of reading pleasure and endless inspiration in The Quotable Sailor. Spanning the centuries from Homer's Odyssey right up to the America's Cup, this collection includes quotations from: William F. Buckley, Jr., Eugene O'Neill, John F. Kennedy, Sir Francis Chichester, Ted Heath, Hilaire Belloc, Joseph Conrad, Farley Mowat, Ann Davison, Ted Turner, Henrik Ibsen, Jimmy Buffett, Rachel Carson, K. Adlard Coles, Herman Melville, Sterling Hayde, Antoine de Saint-ExupTry, Sir Walter Raleigh. The Quotable Sailor features some of the finest things ever said about sailing, the sea, boats, the weather, engines, racing, and philosophy. Whether for a yachtsman, sea salt, riverboat captain, or marine, The Quotable Sailor is the ideal consolation for being ashore - as well as the perfect gift. (6 X 7, 256 pages, b&w photos, illustrations)