"Mitch" wrote in message
s.com...
I'm wondering if any, or most of the costal cruisers in this group keep a
life raft on the boat or is this something that is used mostly by off
shore
cruisers or maybe neither group uses them very much ?????

Depends on how small your vessel is, and how close you keep to shore.

I keep a small inflatable just in case, but I never hug the coast.