I say this because even today I met another young cruising couple, and the girl thought I was crazy because we used an
autopilot to sail for 7 days across the Carribean. "well you're not real sailors" she said, "we hand steered across the Atlantic."
I thought she was nuts, and she thought I was nuts. I told her we are cruisers not sailors.
She said "well you trust your life to a computer?" I replied "everyone does these days Sweetheart, ever been to a hospital?" Plus I added "well when the
autopilot quits, we will steer, but until then I will read and watch out for boats, and sleep."
Anyways she thought I was crazy, i thought they were crazy. We were about the same age.
Oh and they had an auto pilot on their boat, I asked if it was a power issue she said it was a sailing issue. Her husband confirmed that it was a power issue. So it's not about age, it's about who you can relate to. In my opinion this girl was an idiot, but my age none the least.