It is not a good feeling, finding yourself on a boat with nobody at the helm. You have several options, tough at that point
- Take over the helm – but sometimes it is not possible, you do not know how, or you cannot for some external reason
- Wait until someone else takes over and hope he will know what to do – but that might not happen, or the new person might not know where to go
- Hope that weather will be good and wait until supplies run out – but they will run out eventually
- Learn to swim or sail on a smaller boat well enough to get yourself to the land – you should do this in any case, this is your insurance policy whatever happens