Sail tattoo ideas

104 photos and flash · 33% Traditional, 24% Realism · Forearm most common

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Black and grey tattoo of a sailing ship with a flock of birds flying from its sails, waves beneath and the words SAIL ON on the forearm.
Sailing ship and birds on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sailing ship on rolling waves with a dotted anchor hanging below, on the inner forearm.
Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a sailing ship on rolling waves with a dotted line descending to a small anchor, placed on the inner forearm.
Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with full sails and rigging, placed on the side of the ribs.
Tall ship with billowing sails on the ribs
Black and grey traditional style tattoos on three fingers of a hand: an anchor, a sailing ship and a ship's wheel, with the ship placed on the middle finger.
Anchor, sailing ship and ship's wheel on fingers
Small black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship above waves, with stippled shading, on the back of a hand.
Sailing ship on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of two sailing ships fighting on rough seas, placed on the side of the ribs.
Two galleons in battle at sea
Fine line black outline tattoo of a sailboat on the inner wrist, shown against blue patterned fabric.
Small sailboat on the wrist
Black and grey flash sheet drawing of a sailing ship on waves, two swallows, an anchor and a telescope, with the script phrase Between the Devil and the deep blue Sea beneath.
Sailing ship, swallows, anchor and telescope flash
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship, a lotus flower and an anchor across the upper arm, shown in two photographs side by side.
Sailing ship, lotus and anchor on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing galleon in heavy seas with crashing waves, wrapping around a forearm.
Galleon and waves on a forearm
Blue pen sketch of a sailing ship inside a bottle, with a kraken's tentacles reaching up from the waves beside it.
Ship in a bottle with kraken sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall sailing ship in rough waves, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship in a stormy sea sleeve
Black and grey engraved tattoo of a sailing ship in a bottle with waves and a sun, on the calf.
Ship in a bottle on the calf
Blue ink drawing of a traditional sailing ship in heavy waves, with a curling banner on the left reading LOVE IS LIKE A TIDE BRINGING YOU HOME, intended as a tattoo design.
Sailing ship and banner design
Colour traditional tattoo of a pirate ship with a skull and crossbones sail, red flags and green waves across an upper arm.
Pirate ship and skull on upper arm
Black ink sailing ship tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair pinned up, in a traditional style.
Sailing ship tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship on the upper arm, with a small cross on the hand, in a shaded realistic style.
Sailing ship on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a galleon under full sail above breaking waves, across a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Galleon and stormy waves on upper arm
Fine line black sailboat tattoo on the inner wrist, shown against a nautical chart with a raised hand.
Small sailboat on the inner wrist
Pencil flash design of a pirate ship under a compass rose with Tinker Bell and shadowy figures, above the words Second star to the right and straight on till morning.
Pirate ship and compass rose flash design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a striped lighthouse, a sailing ship and stormy waves framed inside a ship's wheel, in a traditional nautical style.
Lighthouse and sailing ship in a ship's wheel
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with rigging on the forearm.
Three-masted ship on a forearm
Traditional flash sheet of ten coloured sailing ships on green waves, with banners reading Hell Bound and Home Ward Bound and a few small stars and a rose.
Sailing ship flash sheet
Black line drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with billowing sails among curling waves, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Sailing ship in rough waves
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a sailing ship, a hot air balloon with a Take Me Home banner, and stylised waves, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Sailing ship, hot air balloon and waves on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red sailing boat with yellow sails and blue waves, placed on the thigh.
Sailing boat with waves on thigh
Black and grey flash design of a three-masted pirate ship with a skull flag, surrounded by pirate-themed lettering and a shark.
Pirate ship with lettering flash design
Black ink pen drawing of a three-masted sailing ship on hatched waves, with a dotted line falling to a small anchor, on plain off-white paper.
Sailing ship and anchor pen drawing
Black and grey tattoo of a sailing ship inside a bottle with a rope stopper, on the forearm, in a traditional style with bold outlines and stippled shading.
Ship in a bottle on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small two-masted sailboat on the inner wrist, with a fist raised above it against a wooden surface.
Small sailboat on an inner wrist
Black and grey sailing ship tattoo with a rose and scrollwork running down the ribs and onto the hip in a traditional style.
Sailing ship and rose down the side and hip
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship, rose, ship's wheel and anchor across an upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship, rose and anchor on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship in rough seas under clouds, running down the side of the ribs.
Sailing ship on the ribs
Traditional tattoo of a ship in a bottle with an orange banner reading Steady as she goes, purple flowers and a ship's wheel on the upper arm.
Ship in a bottle with banner on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship on rough green waves with a red flower below, on a lower leg.
Galleon and flower on a lower leg
Fine line tattoo of a small sailboat on waves, placed on the inner wrist of a hand raised above a nautical chart.
Small sailboat on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line sailing boat tattoo on the inner forearm.
Single-line sailing boat on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a sailing ship with birds flying off its sails, waves below and the words SAIL ON beside them, on the forearm.
Sailing ship and birds on an arm
Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship inside a bottle with a rope stopper, on the inner forearm.
Sailing ship in a bottle on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a sailboat above rolling waves on the inside of a forearm.
Sailboat and waves on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with a red hull, clouds and birds, above a banner reading Homeward Bound, on a forearm.
Sailing ship with Homeward Bound banner on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a three-masted ship on hatched waves with a dotted line to an anchor, above the script words Life's roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors, on crumpled paper.
Ship, waves and anchor with script quote
Black and grey realism tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with full sails and a rose below it, across an upper arm.
Sailing ship and rose on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall sailing ship on rolling waves and clouds across the back of a hand.
Sailing ship on the back of a hand
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with rigging and sails on the inside of a forearm.
Three-masted sailing ship on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a sailing ship inside a bottle with a rope-wound cork, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Ship in a bottle pencil sketch
Traditional style tattoo of a red and white striped airship with sails, rigging and clouds on the upper arm.
Airship with sails and clouds on upper arm