Boating & Marine Supplies

“The boy in me still carries the memories of those days when I lifted crab pots out of the Colleton River before dawn, when I was shaped by life on the river, part child, part sacristan of tides.”
― Pat Conroy: The Prince of Tides

Pat Conroy: The Prince of Tides

"Twas honest metal and honest wood,
In the days of the Outward Bound,
When men were gallant and the ships were good―
Roaming the wide world round.
They tried to live as a freeman should―
They were happier men than we,
In the glorious days of wine and blood,
When liberty crossed the sea,"
― Jim Haynes: The Best Australian Sea Stories

Jim Haynes: The Best Australian Sea Stories

“We got together in a few days a company of the toughest old salts imaginable--not pretty to look at, but fellows, by their faces, of the most indomitable spirit.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island

“I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”
― Herman Melville: Moby-Dick

Herman Melville: Moby Dick

"A pirate is a rebel against the establishment, refusing to conform to society's norms."
― David Cordingly: Under the Black Flag 

David Cordingly: Under the Black Flag

“She loved the sea. She liked the sharp salty smell of the air, and the vastness of the horizons bounded only by a vault of azure sky above. It made her feel small, but free as well.”
― George R.R. Martin: A Storm of Swords

George R.R. Martin: A Storm of Swords

“I spent uncounted hours sitting at the bow looking at the water and the sky, studying each wave, different from the last, seeing how it caught the light, the air, the wind; watching patterns, the sweep of it all, and letting it take me.
The sea.”
― Gary Paulsen: Caught by the Sea

Gary Paulsen: Caught by the Sea