Lucky?

I started reading nearly halfway and i founded that Robinson never learn from his lessons. When there's a storm comming he always get scard but he keeps on going out to sea even though he was very afraid once on his first time out and said "if i survive this one, i'll go home and never go to sea again". Maybe that's why luck wasn't on his side every time he sailed because there's always storm comming but he was lucky on his journey to Africa as he was the only one who survived, or would you call that unlucky? It must be hard and boring living alone for a very long time.