the Royaliste Posted October 16, 2003 Author Share Posted October 16, 2003 Ah, Mellville.... At last we hoisted the stun-sails up to the top-sail yards, and as soon as the vessel felt them she gave a sort of bound like a horse, and the breeze blowing more and more, she went plnging along, shaking off the foam from her bows like foam from a bridle-bit. Every mast and timber seemed to have a pulse in in that was beating with life and joy, and I felt a wild ezulting in my own heart, and I felt as if I would be glad to bound along so round the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 'A sailing ship is an exceedingly complex,sensitive, and capricious creation- quite as much so as most human beings. Her coquetry and exasperating deviltry have been the delight and despair of seamen's hearts, at least since the days when the wise, though much-married, Solomon declared that among the things that were too wonderful for him andwhich he knew not, was " the way of a ship in the midst of the sea."..Capt. Arthur H. Clark And that be why they calls them she Love the poetry! do keep at it....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted October 16, 2003 Author Share Posted October 16, 2003 Aye, Aye!...(starts thinking hard, smells somthin' burnin', runs 'ead under faucet).......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas B. Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 'A sailing ship is an exceedingly complex,sensitive, and capricious creation- quite as much so as most human beings. Her coquetry and exasperating deviltry have been the delight and despair of seamen's hearts, at least since the days when the wise, though much-married, Solomon declared that among the things that were too wonderful for him andwhich he knew not, was " the way of a ship in the midst of the sea."..Capt. Arthur H. Clark And that be why they calls them she Love the poetry! do keep at it....... I do agree Zephyr, Sounds a lot like a she, to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 "At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father in his business, which was that of a tallow-chandler and soap-boiler. I disliked the trade, and had a strong inclination for the sea, but my father declared against it." -Benjamin Franklin Makes one wonder how history might have changed if Ben Franklin had been a sea captain, eh? -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 I have my doubts if this is true, but for whatever it's worth, I found the following quote sandwiched between quotes of Thomas Jefferson and Ghandi... "Move your fat ass, Harry, or you'll sink this boat." -George Washington The website notes it as follows: ...Actual quote from George Washington to another general in his boat as he crossed the Delaware. True story. -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 A poem written upon the death of Blackbeard, which is attributed to Ben Franklin at age 12 and sold on the streets of Boston. Although no copy survives one stanza has been recalled as follows: "So each man to his gun, For the work must be done With cutlass, sword, and pistol. And when we can no longer strike a blow Then fire the magazine, boys, up we go. It is better to swim in the sea below Than to hang in the air and feed the crow, Sang jolly Ned Teach of Bristol." -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Lasseter Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 Aye, Intrestin' stuff, that about Ben Franklin... If ye want a great site, try this; http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/ ANything ye ever wanted ta know 'bout th' fine gentleman... Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 ...and I be puttin' the finishing touches on an article about his privateering exploits during the American Revolution for No Quarter Given. Veeeeeery interesting stuff, that!! -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 Although not nautical, a friend sent me this quote today and it most definitely sounds piratical to me- "A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "WOW!...that was fun!" -annonymous -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie04 Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 And that be why they calls them she Nay, this be why they're called 'she'. A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep her in paint and powder. -Adm. Chester Nimitz On another note, I saw an interesting grave stone up the river a ways in Norwich. It was for Capt. Robert Niles of the Spy. I can't remember the exact wording, but he did something like taking Ben Franklin to Paris to negotiate a treaty with France. Just an interesting little note. Coastie She was bigger and faster when under full sail With a gale on the beam and the seas o'er the rail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted October 17, 2003 Author Share Posted October 17, 2003 Her sails are strong and yellow as the sand, Her spars are tall and supple as the pine, And, like the bounty of a generous mine, Sun-touched, her brasses flash on every hand Her sheer takes beauty from a golden band, Which, sweeping aft,is taught to twist and twine Into a scroll, and badge of quaint design Hang on her quarters. Insolent and grand she drives. Her stem rings loudly as it throws the hissing sapphire into foamy waves, While on her weather band bends the copper glows in burnished splendor. Rolling down she laves her high black sides until the scupper flows, Then pushing out her shapely bow she braves the next tall sea, and, leaping, onward goes. -Thomas Fleming Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Blackett Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, And a grey mist on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaking. -- John Masefield, Sea Fever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneHunterLane Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 "Move your fat ass, Harry, or you'll sink this boat." -George Washington For what it's worth, those lines are in the movie A & E made a few years back "The Crossing" with Jeff Daniels... maybe not those exact words, but close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted October 18, 2003 Author Share Posted October 18, 2003 What is there in the universe more fascinating than running water and the possibility of moving over it? What better image of existence and possible triumph.-George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 And that be why they calls them she Nay, this be why they're called 'she'. A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep her in paint and powder. -Adm. Chester Nimitz Coastie Anthe older they gets the more it takes in time and money (personal experience) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted October 20, 2003 Author Share Posted October 20, 2003 The stately ship is seen no more, The fragile skiff attains the shore; And while the great and wise decay. And all their trophies pass away; Some sudden thought, some careless rhyme, Still floats above the wrecks of Time. -William Edward Harpole Lecky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie04 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea! Oh, better that her shattered bulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave; Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale! -Oliver Wendell Holmes She was bigger and faster when under full sail With a gale on the beam and the seas o'er the rail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted October 20, 2003 Author Share Posted October 20, 2003 :) Aye'm likin' Ollie! 'ere's another... I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving- we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it- but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. -Oliver Wendell Holmes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Coyote Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Very reminiscent of Will Rogers: "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." Rumors of my death were right on the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie04 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 I was at the tiller, when suddenly I shouted: "Look! There's New York!" Geoff and Nicky bobbed up out of the hatch and vainly searched the skyline ahead. "I don't see a damned thing except mist," grumbled Geoff. "I don't mean over there," I replied. "This is our landfall on New York right here!" They turned and saw I was pointing down into the waters around us. We were sailing through a sea of milk-bottle tops, cardboard cups, orange peel, broken crates and other such strange marine life, which told us, as surely as though we had seen the distant towers of Manhattan, that we were drawing near port. -Dennis Puleston She was bigger and faster when under full sail With a gale on the beam and the seas o'er the rail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted October 21, 2003 Author Share Posted October 21, 2003 The damned ship lurched and slithered. Quiet and quick,my cold gorge rose; The long sea rolled; I knew I must think hard of something, or be sick; And could think hard of only one thing-you! You, and you alone could hold my fancy ever! And with your memories come, sharp pain and dole, Now there's a choice- heartache or liver! A sea-sick body or a sea-sick soul. Did I forget you? Retchings hoist and tie me, Old meat, good meals, brown gobbets, up I throw. Do I remember? Acrid return and slimey, The slobs and slobber of a last year's woe. And still the ship rolls. 'Tis hard, I tell ye, To choose 'twixt love and nausea, heart and belly. -Rupert Brooke, 'Channel Passage' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Here is a terrible one- “...Hear that Inca God...cause we’ve got a God worth a thousand of yours. A gentle God, with gentle priests and a couple of great big cannon to blow you out of the sky.”- - Francisco Pizarro - in The Royal Hunt of the Sun -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Royaliste Posted October 23, 2003 Author Share Posted October 23, 2003 There is no dilemma compared with that of the deep-sea diver who hears the message from the ship above, "Come up at once. We are sinking." -Robert Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Coyote Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Dammit, Man! I just spit rum all over my computer! *sparks flyin...smoke fillin up the room* That was good rum, too. Rumors of my death were right on the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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