About the closest I ever came to a real life ship handling experience was when I nearly sunk a pontoon boat in Ponce Inlet, FL after a wake from a commercial fishing vessel crashed over the bow. I had some VERY surprised passengers!
It was something I'd always thought about getting into, though. Of course, aviation was always my first love, so I chose to go to flight school, instead.
Now, I'm doing neither. Ain't life grand?
