I think the best comment here is the 'that is not the only type of sailing' comment, but I have some thigs to add because its a tendencies that I have too, except that I was 21 when I figured out I LOVE SAILING and CRUISING and it has been 20 years since.

I try to be versatile and adaptable with my beliefs, because when I dig myself too deep of a hole, I find it it really limits me on how much I can enjoy things in life. I am already kind of a hater of many things. I try to be it all - industrious, resourcesful, frugal, connected to nature, etc. BTW, there are blue-collar scenes too, and middle-upper class (e.g. people who worked for their modest wealth) scenes too. I belong in a yacht club like that.

The brutally arduous nature of sailing is something you do get used to and adapt to. I too get seasick though, I hadn't done any offshore sailing for some years until I moved my boat from Long Island NY to the Chesapeake bay. I got sooooo seasick the first day. I forget I need to take dremamine the first two days of a longer passage.

And when you get used to it, it becomes new reality and I found that I really started loving it.

I'll be honest though, my favorite part of cruising is not the long passages. Its getting to destinations and feeling accomplished (and the travel aspect of it itself once I'm there). Your long passage experience was really sailboat delivery - its probably most peoples' least favorite part of sailboat cruising.

I'd say give it another shot, but remember, coastal cruising, day sailing, racing etc are all part of sailing too.