Run away from the water which does not make a noise and does not babble (Armenian).
To draw water in a sieve.
To fish in troubled waters.
Without the water one can't sail even a good boat (Mongolian).
Too much water drowned the miller.
We never know the value of water till the well is dry.
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.

Exremals, if you are not satisfied with sharp feelings from the trips overland and you desire to try something new on the water, buy a personal watercraft and have fun.
Do you know, that speed on the water is felt quite different than on the land or in the air? Even 50 km/h is quite a lot on the water. And it's needless to talk about 100 km/h or 120 km/h. Progress is not standing on one place. You can experience unforgettable feelings now, paying a relatively small amount of money. 30-40 years ago this was accessible to the military sailors and water racers only. A personal watercraft was invented for you.
What is PWC?

The main in the situation called "Man Overboard" that falling usually happens unexpectedly and at the most inconvenient moment.

Instructions how to lift a person back on board are generally included in the structure of all navigator courses of fullsize and  small size ships. It is taught there commonly that helmsman should simply steer the ship to the place of falling. Completely dressed man in reality becomes clumsy in the water, it's difficult to grasp him, and his weight would be enough to drag his rescuers away in the water. So, how to lift a fallen person back on a little motorboat, especially if only one person was left in it?

Yachting is more than 300 years old already. Traditions in yachting were developed both of necessity and under the influence of ceremonies. Who doesn't know signs: woman on a shipboard is for misfortune; to point the finger at a ship which is going out from the port is to doom it to death; you dropped a mop overside – troubles will follow... These signs were made up under influence of frequent coincidences. Where did they come from? If someone investigated, he would discover that they come from following the ordinary etiquette.
Judge for yourself, to point the finger at anything is indecently, not aesthetically and is a sign of bad manners in general. To take a woman in a distant marine travel is to collide constantly with her whims and expose her to inconveniences. It's so simple.
Yachting rules and etiquette already known for everybody (but often simply forgotten) were put together during many years...

People settlement appeared on the banks of the rivers, lakes and marine harbours for ages, and water-ways became the first transport highways for building of domestic infrastructure and organization of public mutual relations between people. The art of shipbuilding reflects in a great deal, and sometimes anticipates the level of human civilization development. It shows brightly the high level of science, natural science and technique development.
Building of ships always leaned on all arsenal of sciences and handicrafts, on professionals experience and technical art of engineers. They were reflecting a lifestyle, world view of people and their general aspirations in their turn.