The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths, it has its pearls too.
Vincent Van Gogh

The clouds were building up now for the trade wind and he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild ducks etching themselves against the sky over the water, then blurring, then etching again and he knew no man was ever alone on the sea.
Ernest Hemingway

If you are a boat that wants to sail in windy weather, you must be more stubborn than the waves!
Mehmet Murat Ildan

Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing ‐ absolutely nothing ‐ half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
Kenneth Grahame

Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darin

Sloop John B, The Beach Boys

Southern Cross, Crosby, Stills and Nash

Come Sail Away, Styx