Old Fat one
Good advice! The sea can look very calm and the little white caps quite pretty from 2000 to 3000 feet up. A totally different picture when you are about to land into what looks like a brick wall of 20 foot waves!
Never fly without an out springs to mind otherwise you are playing Russian roulette. total reliance on a piston engine with 100s of bits spinning around is Russian Roulette.
Only fly on dead calm days over water on the way down open the door and wedge it open with a coat or pillow as in the water you may find the water pressure keeps the door firmly shut.
Carry a mini axe so you can smash your way out through the windows?
As someone who's hobby is Scuba diving I think us pilots are miles away from the reality of ditching comfortable in our warm cosy cockpits with ocean in all directions reassuring ourselves with statistics.
We have all done it and got away with it but its funny how the engine always seems rough over water
But ??? take a twin
Pace