Extension (with land) of earlier lubber. Compare also landloper . ( nautical, derogatory) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman .
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came. ~~John F. Kennedy
It’s what we call… people afraid of the sea or unfamiliar with the sea or those who are very easily seasick or someone who has never been in the open ocean. People who do not respect the power, beauty, and awe of the ocean and even those who love looking at the ocean from the safety of the shore.
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. ~~Vincent Van Gogh
I accept and respect that it is not for everyone. Even if I do not understand it I respect it. It just means more ocean for me. To truly enjoy being in the middle of the ocean, you need a vessel. A ship. A boat. Whatever you want to call it.. you need something to float on.
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. ~~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I mean you got to start somewhere right? Ok, I didn’t buy it but was completely mesmerized with it. Along with these other boats spotted on the water in Doha.
“We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.” ~~
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach – waiting for a gift from the sea. ~~Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Other boats, floaters, ships, kayaks, and rafts, in other places.
“I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.”
~~The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. ~~Jacques Yves Cousteau
“I have been feeling very clearheaded lately and what I want to write about today is the sea. It contains so many colors. Silver at dawn, green at noon, dark blue in the evening. Sometimes it looks almost red. Or it will turn the color of old coins. Right now the shadows of clouds are dragging across it, and patches of sunlight are touching down everywhere. White strings of gulls drag over it like beads.
It is my favorite thing, I think, that I have ever seen. Sometimes I catch myself staring at it and forget my duties. It seems big enough to contain everything anyone could ever feel.”
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Oceans, Landlubbers, Boats:
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