Boats Quotations

People travel and hunt on the sea ice - in Alaska, they hunt in skin boats for bowhead whales; in Greenland, they hunt with dogsleds. The ice is their highway. The ice is also the ecosystem in which marine mammals and terrestrial animals such as polar bears exist.

Boats are something I am very, very passionate about; cars are something I grew up with... I used to race cars since I was a child.

I could imagine that boats sailing in harbors will only use electric engines. And then once they are out in the water they will use diesel.

No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it.

Americans generally associate boats with leisure. Vastly less prosperous, Egyptians associate them with nothing but labour. Rowing a boat is something a fisherman is forced to do to make a living; how could such an activity bring me - a woman no less - pleasure?

Where there's not sales growth in the market at all everything is market share, everything is price and it becomes particularly vicious. There's no rising tides to lift any boats in this market.

We're making an assessment of our food and fuel and our own energy levels, it's very exhausting being in small boats in such a hostile environment.

We respect what they do, the job they perform. But they have these teeny-weenie boats that don't really do much.

We had 13 boats the first year. Arthur and Margery Martin won it, showing up us young wiper-snappers.

We felt it was our responsibility to do this as neighbors. These boats are big, industrial-looking boats that are used for duck hunting. They are very open and they can put stuff, people, pets, livestock or whatever they want in them.

With these new boats and our veteran crew of American sailors, I feel this is one of the best campaigns I've ever put together. The bare hull of USA-77 just left Newport, Rhode Island two weeks ago and here she is going sailing today, which is true testament to how hard our whole team has worked to make this day possible,

We're not going to untie the boats until we get a reasonable price to go fishing. We love to fish, but you can't keep doing it if it's a losing proposition. We haven't been offered a price that's worth us going fishing for.

We've got major street blockage. There's buildings down. We've got boats in buildings and all the traffic signals are gone, ... We've got buildings wide open all throughout the city.

We were at the captains meeting last night and discussing the storm and we decided the only alternative to postponing was to move it up. That way, we figured we could get the boats back here Friday ahead of the weather and then they can either stay in safe harbor here or make it back to their home port. We gave them that option and also the option of withdrawing.

We are hearing that boats are considering not doing USVI drop-off or pickup. That revenue could be lost.

We are hearing that boats are considering not doing USVI drop-off or pickup, ... That revenue could be lost.

We won't have enough observers for all the boats to fish at the same time.

When the tides come in, all boats rise. Thousands make $1 million or more, and then there are lots of people who get $10,000. Everyone gets something, but it is by no means equitable.

Many of the skippers said it was more like sailing in a real regatta. Rarely do you get to use all three sails, but we did this time. The wind created havoc as all boats came to the line for the starting gun.

Some are just going to tie up their boats and try to find something else.

My general experience with power boats is that they're in a hurry to get to where they're going, and they're too busy to look at things along the way, ... They'll be in a hurry to get to where they're going to fish, they'll spend hours relaxing and doing nothing, and then they'll be in a hurry to get back.

One of the stranded mariners even told the sailors that other boats had passed by without stopping to help.

My Dad used to draw boats all the time and I've found his drawings in my grandparents' attic. I found one picture he drew of hockey players.

My dad used to design cars, boats and vans, ... I would sit next to him from the time I was 3 and copy what he was doing. I continued doing that until eventually it was easier for him to tell me to draw it than have him draw it.

My uncle was skipper on the old Claymore sailing out from Oban to the Inner Hebrides. My father worked for MacBraynes all his life, on freight boats and then on ferries crossing to Skye, Barra, Uist, the small isles and Iona.

On moonless nights, they would hide with lanterns to get boats to ram into barges so they could steal from the ships.

I grew up here using the bay and beach to go fishing, and push boats (canoes) off the shore.

Buffett came and sat in with us the other night in Chicago. That was fun. He and I played 'A Pirate Looks at Forty,' one of his songs. We actually know each other pretty well now. We're definitely from the same breed -- guys who like to go on boats and surf and have a good time, so I don't mind being compared to him at all.

Because of what I do for a living and what I do for the economy, and not just me, but all the boats that are along the levy right here.

Because of the size of muskie, from 36 to 45 inches, carrying them in the live wells of boats would result in death for the fish.

I hate that we ended up with 71 boats, but we did the right thing. I can understand why a lot of guys didn't want to go. We've got a lot of custom-built boats that cost several million dollars (and fishermen) who just didn't want to risk it in 11- to 14-foot seas forecast for later in the weekend.

For the sake of hurricane protection, they may decide to put these boats aside and they will destroy the boats if they push them with bulldozers.

He had his own boat, and he sailed all over South America and the Caribbean, ... He would also deliver boats to people who bought them. He would get a crew together and deliver boats to Hawaii, South America and the Caribbean.

Hitting the moored boat provided a launch ramp for it into the house. It was pretty spectacular. And it was a lot like that James Bond movie, where the boats are flying through the air.

When they hadn't found anything by morning, two more NSRI boats were sent.

Under Malcolm Fraser's Liberal governments in the 1970s, large numbers of refugees fleeing Vietnam in wretched boats were taken in without any great fuss.

We lost our entire property here on Cypress Street, including all the docks, the dry-storage building with 235 boats and our corporate office.

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Guys who were bass fishing and had lesser equipment and boats, they saw these tournaments on TV and they saw if they had better boats and gear, they could go out and fish these tournaments. They just figured, 'Hey, I can do that.

I think there are fish there. With the conditions and what boats got out, I think fishing is a notch better than it has been up there for the last couple of years.

Last summer my dad, brother and I went fishing off of Lake Erie. We charted a couple of boats and stayed in cottages on the lake. It felt like the trip was over before it began.

Our goal was, and remains, to stop these boats without having to resort to warning shots or disabling fire,

Our plans for this property are to take this plant and do some extensive demolition, taking down some of the higher structures. We'll be creating space for marina business, selling boats and boat storage behind it, retail in the center section, and the rest will be for offices.

Our fishermen believe they're a forgotten industry. There's so much pressure to keep the boats working and people feel the Fisheries Bill is the final straw.

People in the Dayton area have never seen this many boats in one place at a Dayton show before. We have 25 dealers from southwest Ohio and there have never been that many dealers at a Dayton show.

Some of the other boats did everything exactly the same way, from start to finish. On our boat, there wasn't a single operation at the end of the race that we did the same way as in the beginning. You were learning, changing, and evolving all the time. If you weren't, you were dead.

I think if the conditions are here, I'd say all five big boats will break the record.

I think this week is going to be really competitive between our boats on the water and extremely focused. There will probably be some lineup switches, some seat racing, and trying out some new guys, which is good, because it keeps people on edge a little bit.

Who knows. I heard yesterday that the shrimp boats are getting them. I don't know if it's true, but I used to hear that years ago, too.

Wildlife, septic systems, agriculture, boats and road run-off all contributed to the problem. The town has worked to try to get these things corrected.

Whoever embarks with a woman embarks with a storm; but they are themselves the safety boats

When I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when I was 16 and 18. One of them crossed through the Mississippi and Baton Rouge and Mobile, Alabama, and another went all the way to Europe.

We put life jackets on the fourth floor of the EOC and tethered boats to the roof.

With all of this new development, it only means more boats on the water.

Yesterday we rented big fan boats to pull them out and the National Guard would not let us enter the city,

We ended up with two miles worth of boats. We had 92 boats and more than 200 men who volunteered.

We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability.

We have boats for every budget here, everything from a kayak or canoe to a $1.6 million yacht.

We have been very disappointed in the unprofessional and dangerous behavior that some of the local vessels have engaged in during the course of our operations. It is distressing to see the casual attitude that some local Captains take toward marine laws and safety, a matter we take very seriously. On numerous occasions during the past weeks, we have seen small local boats approach our ship in a careless manner, apparently not realizing the danger of their actions. The thrusters that are engaged during dynamic positioning operations present a serious threat to small vessels that come too close, which is why we request a safe working perimeter through the Notice to Mariners. We are seeking legal redress to prevent this from happening in the future in order to avail ourselves of every avenue available before someone is seriously hurt or worse.

Usually, the boats sell shrimp right here on the dock. As you can see, there's no activity here right now. It's shut down. The only thing that's moving are people trying to get food, water, and clothing to the hurricane victims.

The problem was there was a small area to launch boats and we didn't have the assets there to support the task forces and deploy them. And it would've overloaded the system, which compounded the problem,

We are seeing some pretty heavy damage on certain parts of the lake, especially boats traveling at a higher speed.

We're known throughout the state for taking 30 or 40 boats and going off someplace. Nobody does that.

We were able to put some boats between us and the Italian in today's first race, which gave us a comfortable lead. We then pushed the Italian back at the start of the last race then followed the Swiss boat around the course.

With a good wind these boats can fly. You can't sink them; they're practically indestructible.

We wouldn't mind giving it back to them because it's really too small to be a public ramp. It causes a nuisance in the neighborhood with people parking boats and trailers in front of houses.

We run out of customers before we run out of snow. When the weather warms up in Auckland and Wellington, people are thinking of boats and beaches, not skiing.

We're never exactly sure (how many boats and RVs we will have) because so many people decide last minute. It grows each year, and we expect it to get bigger this year.

We got in a lot of good work over spring break but couldn't pull out the close races against Navy last week. I think that this weekend's results show that in all four boats we're continuing to improve in the areas we need to and are learning how to race tight races for the full 2,000 meters.

Without grounding, it's easy to embrace the 'baller' lifestyle: dropping out of tech, throwing money at cars, boats and real estate, and slipping into a cycle of spending and indulgence.

We are excited about it. We have 40 boats coming and maybe more, maybe 40 to 50.

We've had a number of occasions where individual whales have escaped because we have driven our inflatable boats between the harpooner and the whale.

The reason for those boats is not to dull the senses ... and to develop relationships. We can continue doing our testing in Valencia without them.

You jump off the ladder and hopefully you land on the boat. But when you make the jump, there's no guarantee the boats won't do something unexpected.

To have three boats finish within 1.1 seconds is really exciting, but it's tough to lose by such a close margin. Although we were obviously sad to leave Yale without the win, I think that we raced well and got good experience in an extremely tight contest.

You have a series of old boats, you have some very new expensive boats and we can't control the price of fuel.

We just want both boats to finish without breaking, and that way they're the national champions or we're the national champions. If they win it, it couldn't go to two nicer guys.

We had the ultra-light airplane up this morning and we actually got an image again of something about 200 yards away from what we picked up on Monday. So, we've got boats and wave runners out there really searching the areas.

We understand how upset the public is when they see these kinds of images. We try to deal with all these things with the best available information. Whether there are too many boats and that is the cause of the collisions we're seeing, it's hard to definitely say.

We do not just have camping; we have paddle boats, sail boats, row boats and canoes for rent. We also have hiking trails.

We are going to be very conscious of private property rights. All these cars and houses and boats still belong to somebody, and we can't go in and mass destroy all of them without some kind of order from the governor or the president.

Boats are a better form of transport on a nice day like this.

As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats

At some point the cost of gas is going to have an effect, but I don't think we've reached that point yet. Most people who have boats have the disposable income to run them.

Even getting divers out there to assess pipelines is a big issue due to a lack of helicopters, boats and power. It's in quite a disarray.

Flying will give us a gain of some five weeks versus shipping, and is the only way to get GBR 78 there in time for the sailing team to practice on two new generation boats and tune up the second boat prior to the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup,

The total value of the crab that was caught is up slightly this year and that total values is being caught by one third as many boats and so what's happening is that the average catch per boat is way, way up.

I see multi-million boats out there all the time,

The ride was fantastic, nearly all the boats were doing 30 knots, the sun was shining, you can't wish for anything better for sailing.

The Sea Pro range of boats are the perfect addition to our new boat portfolio. They are high quality boats at affordable prices and are ideal for saltwater use.

These $1 million to $5 million yachts are like floating condos. People who can afford them are getting good pricing on them. They're also taking advantage of low interest rates. Also, if these boats come with a kitchen and restroom, then they can be classified as a second home and the interest can be written off as such.

The teams and designers are responsible for putting the boats together and deciding how we want to do that - whether we want lighter and faster materials or whether we want heavier and more robust materials.

The thing I like about these kinds of boats is that you can get them in extremely shallow water, which is a big plus when you're going out to the islands around here. And the maneuverability is a big plus. It handles like a big Jet Ski. I've lived in Florida since I was 3 and owned a lot of boats, but this is one of the best to have in this part of Florida.

Right now we're doing about 15-20 boats a day, and in a couple weeks that will increase to about 30 to 40 a day, ... At Jefferson Beach there are seven heated storage facilities and three cold storage buildings. There's room for a lot of boats.

Quite a few house boats turned over, ... I wouldn't be surprised if we find a few more bodies.

People's appetites for big boats continue to grow. I don't think it's a conspicuous consumption phenomena. I think it reflects the fact that people want to go further and further on their boats; they want to be independent from land.

The older generation did without things to hang on to the land, but their children don't have as high a regard for the history of the property. They want to buy boats and cars. A lot have gotten the idea of moving north to Dawson County.

A seagull perched on the railing of one of the boats in the Mothball Fleet probably knows as much about the sturgeon population as Fish & Game.

At school, if I was ever bored in class, I would draw maps of islands or detailed interior of boats or lists of provisions and equipment I would need when I went camping in the summer.

This is a tricky thing to puzzle out. I'm going to try to talk to businesses that are likely to supply boats directly and people on boats and ask them how much they typically spend. Out of that I can make some reasonable estimates.