Cripes Jon... I think stepping up onto a 6 man offshore life raft with
supplies, a canopy, fishing gear and an EPRIB would be a far better
choice.... just paddle around and retrieve any floating beer cans and rum
bottles.

CM


"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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| No way. You can always use the emergency hatch, and boats
| are rarely air tight, especially after getting flipped.
|
| I talked to a guy who survived a hurricane in a catamaran.
| He was one of four people on a Venisia 43 (I believe) off
| of Belize when they got caught. He was below when the
| cat flipped. Somehow he had the presence of mind to lash
| himself to something and survived. The other three were
| washed away (harnesses and jacklines all) "above." I don't
| think he ever fully recovered from the experience. Apparently,
| the force of the water rushing through the hull was enough to
| strip him of his clothes and give him road rash over most of
| his body.

I forgot about the rum bottles...

Actually, liferafts are pretty much useless. They're hard to
deploy in bad conditions, hard to get into, and hard to live
in.

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...
Cripes Jon... I think stepping up onto a 6 man offshore life raft with
supplies, a canopy, fishing gear and an EPRIB would be a far better
choice.... just paddle around and retrieve any floating beer cans and rum
bottles.

CM


"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
| No way. You can always use the emergency hatch, and boats
| are rarely air tight, especially after getting flipped.
|
| I talked to a guy who survived a hurricane in a catamaran.
| He was one of four people on a Venisia 43 (I believe) off
| of Belize when they got caught. He was below when the
| cat flipped. Somehow he had the presence of mind to lash
| himself to something and survived. The other three were
| washed away (harnesses and jacklines all) "above." I don't
| think he ever fully recovered from the experience. Apparently,
| the force of the water rushing through the hull was enough to
| strip him of his clothes and give him road rash over most of
| his body.