RANT: The " Danger " of Sailing

[Tingum]

People who are "afraid" never do anything fun!!!!!!!!!!

[s/v Beth]

I think they got it all wrong. Sailing is not an adventure that is dangerous to life. Sailing is life. Not sailing (or having any adventure) is dangerous to my life.
I have spent most of my adult life working in hospitals. You can go there and live- I choose the sea. The danger is only a small impurity in the massive nourishment it gives me. I am afraid I would sail even if it was extremely dangerous, because sailing is nothing about danger. It is about feeding my soul.

[Ex-Calif]

I avoid hospitals like the plague - Too dangerous. Full of sickness and disease - LOL...

[Don Novello]

sailing is statistically safter than driving, crossing the road... i wonder if it's statistically safter than flying or not

[carstenb]

Don novello

check this out
Cruising Life

No sailing is slightly more dangerous than flying on a regularly scheduled airline. But it is safer than riding your bicycle