Also, sailing in small wooden boats used to be a thing with STEM folks in the 50's and 60's. If you read any biographies of US physicists of the time, it seems

Also, sailing in small wooden boats used to be a thing with STEM folks in the 50's and 60's. If you read any biographies of US physicists of the time, it seems they either all sailed, or had a close scientist friend that owned a boat.