Sailing a Serious Ocean Quotes

“crossing the Atlantic under sail remains one of the most fulfilling ways possible to spend a month or so of your precious allotment of time.”
― John Kretschmer, Sailing a Serious Ocean

“One of many problems with furled sails as stormsails is that as the sail area is shortened, the lead angle changes, and even with the genoa track all the way forward it is difficult to maintain enough shape to sail upwind effectively. And, as mentioned before, the more you roll in a sail, the more you raise the center of effort and the more you reduce stability. Roller-furled headsails make terrible stormsails.”
― John Kretschmer, Sailing a Serious Ocean

“So to you, Friend, I confide my secret: to be a discoverer you hold close whatever you find, and after a while you decide what it is. Then, secure in where you have been, you turn to the open sea and let go.” —William Stafford, Tomorrow Will Have an Island”
― John Kretschmer, Sailing a Serious Ocean

“To thrive at sea, you must be responsible for who you are, not who you want to be.”
― John Kretschmer, Sailing a Serious Ocean

“I love sailboats. No other man-made object blends design, craftsmanship, passion, and pure optimism the way a sailboat does. With a good sailboat, anything is possible.”
― John Kretschmer, Sailing a Serious Ocean