Risking somebody's else's life makes that not true.  "“Tasha never sailed a day in her life,” Appel said. “She didn’t even know to be scared.”"   After lots of Classroom Training, the U.S. Navy used to as "Tradition", have everybody Captain small boats in a lake (fun to watch as collisions, swampings), then more classes, "Out to Sea" on a "Schooner", intentionally into "rough Seas" for you to get your "Sea Legs" for the instructors fun to watch as most suffered volcano vomiting as Sea Sickness, "All Hands On Deck" to take down the sails leaving only the "Jib" so that the Main Sails don't get shredded.  You try and sail with only one person that has sailboat experience and the other person on board knows nothing, steering and navigation to prevent capsizing while only you are attempting to take down the sails, you did this to yourself, like a Skydiver never wearing a Reserve Chute.