RANT: The " Danger " of Sailing

[Cyrus Safdari]

Has anyone else received an earful about the dangers of sailing, from landlubbers who regularly drive at 80 mph just a few feet from other cars going the same speed on freeways, at least twice a day everyday of their entire working lives? I mean come on, what's really more dangerous and who is really taking risks!!

[sailorboy1]

yes!!

[rtbates]

I don't discuss sailing with landlubbers for that very reason.. They have NOT a clue/

[SkiprJohn]

Yes, getting out of a bed/berth in the morning is dangerous. Just think of what could happen with a very hot cup of coffee if you weren't careful. Danger is everywhere.

[hellosailor]

Cyrus, just tell 'em they're right. You're a regular Evil Kinevil and hey, did I tell you about the time I had to fight off TWO giant kraken single-handed with nothing but a butter knife when they smelled my coffee and surged up into the cockpit while I was trying to have breakfast?!

Damned right, dangerous business going to sea.

[CapTim]

plus, you know, keeping the chicks off the foredeck. It's a full-time job.

[micah719]

Kraken are easy if you use a fish knife:



They seem to work well on landlubbers, too.....

[Amapola]

They have visions of piracy, the Titanic, the Perfect Storm and piracy which stem from the fear of the unknown.

[xeon_tsd]

i do sometimes slow down to 80MPH.

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by Amapola

They have visions of piracy, the Titanic, the Perfect Storm and piracy which stem from the fear of the unknown.

It seems to me, that more than a few of here, also suffer from emotional responses to unfounded and terribly unlikely dangers.

George Bernard Shaw rightly noted (in Devil's Disciple):
"In this world, there is always danger for those who are afraid of it."

[micah719]

Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me....luckily, I wear my bulletproof tinfoil beard at all times.

[conachair]

Originally Posted by GordMay

It seems to me, that more than a few of here, also suffer from emotional responses to unfounded and terribly unlikely dangers.

George Bernard Shaw rightly noted (in Devil's Disciple):
"In this world, there is always danger for those who are afraid of it."

"“There are indeed (who might say Nay) gloomy & hypochondriac minds, inhabitants of diseased bodies, disgusted with the present, & despairing of the future; always counting that the worst will happen, because it may happen. To these I say How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened!”
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, Apr. 8, 1816"

[sarafina]

I have VERY selective hearing... Turns all that blather into "Blah Blah Bla, Bal Bla Bal Blah Blah Blab"

[David M]

Sailing is dangerous if you do not know how to minimize or eliminate those dangers. The same goes for hundreds of activities.

People who are not familiar with sailing do not know how the dangers are minimized.

[Blc7]

""“There are indeed (who might say Nay) gloomy & hypochondriac minds, inhabitants of diseased bodies, disgusted with the present, & despairing of the future; always counting that the worst will happen, because it may happen. To these I say How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened!”
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, Apr. 8, 1816""