Throughout history, the sea and those who sail upon it have frequently been the subjects of literature, poetry, speeches, songs, and adages. From Homer to Shakespeare, Charles Dickens to Kurt Vonnegut, Beowulf to Ted Turner, many have eloquently expressed the beauty, mystery, and power of the sea, as well as the love, awe, and fear that it inspires and the unique traits and skills required of those who would dare to set out on its treacherous surface. Now, for the first time, the best of these musings have been collected in a single volume. Mainsail to the Wind presents over 1,000 quotes from writers and speakers around the world, conveniently organized into 70 categories for browsing and indexed by keywords and author for easy reference. Each author is briefly described in a biographical appendix and the context of the quotes is given where necessary.