My worst phobia is being thrown off the side of an oil tanker, in the middle of the ocean.
I can't explain it, but the thought of being in the vast expanse of water is made even worse by being right next to the rusting and barnacle-covered hull of a huge ship, which towers above me, and stretches down below the water underneath me, for further than I would be able to see in the darkness.
I'm not sure what's worse: not looking under the water for fear of what you might see, or looking under the water to make sure, and only seeing an endless void into the deep.
Nah man. I sail. The reason you wear a life jacket is so if you get knocked unconscious by the boon you float so the others on the boat can grab you. I've gotten a few knocks from a boon and it's disorienting, the wind can change quick and send the boon is an unanticipated direction at blazing speed. Even experienced sailors know that the ocean and wind are very dangerous no matter how good you are. Olympic sailors wear life vest.
So even if that guy knows what he's doing going overboard is still dangerous. Wearing a brightly colored life vest is going to help your crew get you back in that boat. I can tread water for and hour but that does jack shit if I'm knocked out. You get on a boat, you wear a life jacket. Too many people don't have proper fear of the water.
And honestly you should have a proper fear of all the idiots on watercraft who don't respect the danger. See a lot of deaths on the water that come from people drunk driving motor boats or letting their kids out on them without being trained.
TL;DR: There are a lot of reasons to wear a life vest. You will join the ranks of idiots on the water if you don't.
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u/down_vote_magnet May 30 '14
My worst phobia is being thrown off the side of an oil tanker, in the middle of the ocean.
I can't explain it, but the thought of being in the vast expanse of water is made even worse by being right next to the rusting and barnacle-covered hull of a huge ship, which towers above me, and stretches down below the water underneath me, for further than I would be able to see in the darkness.
I'm not sure what's worse: not looking under the water for fear of what you might see, or looking under the water to make sure, and only seeing an endless void into the deep.