bad for the health...and career?

I actually think it has had quite a negative effect outside in life.

This is quite simply because you get to be a grumpu cnut on a boat and do a lot of shouting or disagreeing while someone else takes the end decision with or without you.

I keep on asking myself why my success and potential on the race course is not tranlated in working life and the answer is simple- they are two very different situations. In an entrepreneurial or aggressive environment you can behave like you are on the NM day 1 but it doesn't pay in corporate life.

To elaborate, corporate life rewards cunning assertiveness and political back-play. This works on boats off the course but out there you get heard.

All the nerves of running my own boat were all about stage fright. The fact that in having crew in a dingy you actually control your aggressioon and frustration is centered on yourself is good. You learn patience and communication skills.You sublimate and learn from your mistakes, rather than blame storming. You learn to see yourself and you r limitations objectively while doing just what I was writing about earlier- the sigh and grin after that moment you actually gain "experience".