Charlie Morgan wrote:

You asked what was the most deadly AFTER sinking.

Fires on board causing loss of life are BEFORE sinking on the list of
what kills people at sea.

If I understand correctly, what he actually meant was something like: What
is the NEXT most deadly thing to sailors at sea, after sinking. Like, not
"most deadly" in a temporal context following the sinking of one's boat, but
"next most deadly, assuming sinking is the most deadly".

Being a 'grammer Nazi' of high repute, I naturally answered his question in
good faith, taking the ship's drill clue to mean liferaft drill, and
concluding that, as one proceeds through the temporal domain following the
sinking of one's boat, one is most likely to die from a lack of staying
afloat (death being attributable to a lack of gills).


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Capt Scumbalino