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Originally Posted by wind_magic
I'm with Pirate on this ... by the way, welcome Pirate! 
I think the way to go about it is to pretend that you are going to have to go across the ocean on whatever life raft you have, and prepare for that. That means a ditch bag, that means a way to fish without ripping holes in your life raft (if it is inflatable), enough water to survive, etc. Plan on being able to make it to the next continent on your life raft and then hope you never actually have to. Then load all that on the boat and drill and practice so you have a hope that it is going to work if you ever need it.
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And lastly, make sure you have a line attached to the raft when you throw it overboard (unlike "Trashman")! We all make mistakes, especially under stress, but all the planning and preparation in the world won't help you if you pull a bone headed move like that!!
