Lee Shore Blues

I've been reading a book that Big Jim gave me in Florida, called "Lee Shore Blues." I've really enjoyed it and have read some parts of it twice. It's not for everyone I am sure. The subtitle is "Sex, Drugs and Blue Water sailing". But it does have some fun quotes I wanted to share.

"As the old joke goes, with seasickness the first day you are afraid you are going to die, and the second day you are afraid you are not going to die."

"Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement."

"Never be afraid to be terrified" and "If it breaks, it's not strong enough."

"There is an inviolable rule of sailing that you will never make a complete fool of yourself until every person whose opinion you value is watching."

"If you spend the night in an open boat in a thunderstorm, it will bring you closer to God than going to church forty Sundays."

"I should explain that I am functionally innumerate. I can add and subtract if I pay close attention. I like to say, that in the first grade, I had to pee one day during arithmetic class, and while I was gone the teacher gave out the secret to mathematics; it was never repeated for the next 20 years I was in school."

"Petty you may be saying, but trust me when I tell you that being trapped in a small boat with an asshole tends to bring out the petty."

"We were fine. Bored and anxious for the trip to end, of course. And I was worried that I would not make it back for my wedding date. Ha! If only I could have read the future, I would still be contentedly drifting back and forth."

"When you go to sea, you'd better be humble, for very soon you will be."

"As it turns out, everyone loves the idea of racing across an ocean until you ask them to do it."

About racing, " In order for you to finish first, first you have to finish."

"I didn't have any instrumentation to indicate wind strength, except maybe my asshole slamming shut"