I hate it when other members at my clubhouse ask me that question. I can't swim. I have a bowel problem. I think that I'll have to come up with a little white lie the next time another member asks if I can swim or if I'm a good swimmer. I can tell them that I'm allergic to chlorine, or that I have Athelete's Foot and it's contageous, or that I burn very easily. I can tell them a more table friendly truth, saying that I don't want to mess up my hair that I work hard to get how I like it to be. I wouldn't mind if people would ask me if I/m good at other summer activities.

Well you cant just say you are afraid of being in the water, and it scares you enough that you just got to lose hold of it. Well maybe it might not help but at least it will be a good excuse. There are other people afraid of water, so it wont really be a fake excuse so it might let you slip by.

Pleading hydrophobia sounds good. The 'allergic to chlorine' one IS table-friendly. Burning very easily excuse probably won't work. What'll you do if someone mentions an indoor pool? I wouldn't try the atlehete's foot one though.