Agreed. I have no plans to buy a boat. They cost more than their worth. However, if sailing is your thing, and that is all you dreamed about doing your whole life, being able to use it as a bug out vehicle is an additional benefit.
[I did crew on a few boats when I was a younger]
I think I would have a fear of getting too far offshore, major storms, and pirates in various exotic places. You could also find yourself far from medical help where some helicopter would have to rescue you but in some parts of the world, no helicopter will be coming .. You are going to die someday anyway but still something to think about
It might be nice though to arrive at some uninhabited island and stay there or other inaccessible places
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/01/mummified-body-of-german-man-found-in-yacht-adrift-off-philippinesMummified body of German man found in yacht adrift off Philippines
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Bajorat had reportedly been sailing the world on his yacht, Sayo, for the past 20 years.
Reports said he had not been sighted since 2009. But a friend told the media that he had heard from the mariner in 2015 via Facebook.
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Bajorat’s body was found seated at a desk in the radio room, slumped over on his right arm “like he was sleeping”, said Navales.
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Dr Mark Benecke, a forensic criminologist in the German city of Cologne, told the Bild newspaper: “The way he is sitting seems to indicate that death was unexpected, perhaps from a heart attack.”
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http://www.ybw.com/news-from-yachting-boating-world/german-sailor-found-dead-on-drifting-yacht-off-grenada-51607Police in Grenada have confirmed that the decomposing body of a German sailor has been found on a yacht drifting seven miles south of the Caribbean island.
Officers said that a group of Grenadian divers spotted the 40-foot vessel, called Vamp, and reported it to the Grenada Coast Guard on 13 April 2017.
Coast Guard officials boarded the vessel, which had badly damaged sails, and found the decomposing body on board.
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http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2016/04/04/study-finds-more-deaths-in-us-from-sailing-than-football/Providence, RI (April 4, 2016) – A new study from Rhode Island Hospital researchers based on data from the U.S. Coast Guard found that sailing in the U.S. has a higher fatality rate than football and downhill skiing.
Despite an image of carefree jaunts in sun-splashed waters, sailors experience fatalities at a higher rate than that of sports known for lightning speeds, falls and collisions. In fact, falls overboard, high winds, and operator inattention are known factors lifting American sailing death rates, with alcohol implicated in 15 percent of all sailing deaths.
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By law, all boating deaths, disappearances, significant injuries and major vessel damage must be reported to authorities. The Coast Guard maintains a database of the reports, and the researchers analyzed the 4,180 reports detailing 271 fatalities and 841 injuries. They estimated the fatality rate at 1.19 deaths per million sailing person-days.
Comparatively, the fatality rates for alpine skiing and snowboarding are 1.06 per million skier/snowboarder person-days. During the 11-year study period, 271 deaths were related to sailing versus the 197 incidents of American football players who died during play or practice.
