Good LORD, I hate to think how many people were in jeopardy! Well, as they say, God looks out for imbeciles and ships captains.
And you don't mention you were a captain of a ship, so that narrows it down a bit.
He does it all from his mom’s basement.
Yes. I did that too. Have sailed up and down the three coasts.
Not my boat but close. Sold mine a few years back.