Gavin Collinson wrote:
"Dan" wrote in message

I disagree. I am a relatively new qualified coastal skipper and I am
frequently surprised how quickly a sea will change from a benign
environment
to one that is dangerous and forbidding.

Yet you have survived! Is it a miracle or was it perhaps very safe?

In a car, you just pull into the next layby.

Well you can equally say in a boat you just pop into shelter. A car you
can die in a flash with no time to correct. In a boat you've always got
time and you have to do a lot of very stupid things to get hurt.

If you're so frightened of sailing, give up! If you've not stop trying
to make your achievments look better by pretending you overcame great
hardship!