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He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of th

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

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I long for the solitude
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and the chill of the breeze
coming in with the eve.
For the motion of my boat,
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and the beauty of the stars,
in the evenings last glow. – R.C. Gibbons

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The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head – Herman Melville

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