Welcome To Freeport

"Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made, for somewhere deep in their oaken hearts the soul of a song is laid."
-Robert N. Rose

"Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit."
-Brooks Atkinson

"The first rule of sailing: Keep the ocean out of the boat."
-Unknown

"Lifes a reach, then you gybe."
-Unknown

"It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me, but that life at sea is better."
-Sir Francis Drake

"A harbour is a place where ships taking shelter from storms are exposed to the fury of customs."
-Ambrose Bierce

"An admiral is that part of a warship which does the talking, while the figurehead does the thinking."
-Unknown

"For the truth is that I already know as much about my fate as I need to know. The day will come when I will die. So the only matter of consequence before me is what I will do with my allotted time. I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze."
-Richard Bode