As a man that loves the sea, has been out hundreds of miles in it and went swimming, has scuba'd reefs, I can tell you this:
Those folks have HUGE balls. Big, gigantic, SOLID BRASS ones.
I don't know what experience you folks have with the sea, but I'm here to tell you, when it gets rough, it gets scarry as hell.
I couldn't do it. I'm just not man enough. End of. Full stop. Those guys have balls that most of us simply do not have. They are brave to the point of stupidity. I don't mean that as an insult, but the highest compliment.
It may look cool, but anybody that's been on a ship at sea in rough weather can tell you, it's damn frightening.
Those guys are tops. The next time anybody wonders why seafoods can cost so much, they should be made by order of law to watch a couple of episodes of Catch.
I can promise you, the complaints will stop post haste.
Regards,
Tom