"The further you get from nature, the less happy you are
- and the nearer, the more exultant you become over the world and all that there is in it."

"Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water
as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself.
Sailing teaches alertness and courage,
and gives in return a joyousness and peace that few sports afford."

George Matthew Adams (a popular columnist of the '50s and '60s)