Become a winner and people want to know you. Winners have choices of jobs, people they want to work with and have greater opportunity, including ocean cruising. Your self-esteem is riding high which brings on greater opportunity. Money is no longer a hindrance to winners, because they learned how to manage what they have. Freedom to make choices allows us to feel good about our achievements.
Some educators consider taking kids to sea as irresponsibility.
It s easy to understand the concern. The general public, even casual recreational boaters, tend to view boating as a recreational activity. Ocean sailing is more than recreation, it is a learning platform, observation post, a transportation systems for awareness, and as delivery systems for understanding. All crew members, young and old alike, learn to take responsibility for the ship, for learning how to work it, for shipmates, and ultimately for themselves. They learn to trust themselves as well as others.