If you teach them to long for the immensity of the sea, as it were, won't they get frustrated by building the boat and start to take dangerous short cuts so the

If you teach them to long for the immensity of the sea, as it were, won't they get frustrated by building the boat and start to take dangerous short cuts so they can get out to sea, or maybe even ride whales and drown? It may also serve the purpose of marketing to keep things boring. "plugging away" sounds scary by the way. It could imply they are thoughtless.