“That seems to have a lot of promise...unless they run into a military capital ship.”
On the TV show Fear the Walking Dead it looks like they are about to get on some rich guy’s yacht. I told my family “Sounds like a great idea. Until they come across pirates that can out-moter and out-gun them.” (I think the dad might have held on to an over-under shotgun!)
I think I’d rather take my chances in the woods in a SHTF situation.
A powered yacht is all kinds of bad because they *depend* on diesel.
A sailboat, on the other hand, doesn’t *depend* on anything manmade. Wind is reasonably common for those few times you’d likely need to be moving.
They just suck if they run into a military (or paramilitary) capital ship.
So you’d want to be close to shore (your escape plan) if your fear was militarized warships...or far from shore if your prime concern was “zombies”.