"Most people failed miserably to get into a 20 man life raft which is stable in comparsion to the ones for planes and have alot more foot holds and other aids to aid boarding."
It is not going to be easy. However a common misconception is that aircraft go straight to the bottom. On the basis of the evidence this is a fallacy, even in quite high seas.
There is one of those all too often repeated sayings in yachting - "only get into the liferaft if you have to step up into it from the sinking yacht". It has some relevance though in that with any luck you will be stepping off the wing into the raft, not trying to climb into it out of the sea.
I dont pretend a raft is a panacea - but it does give you a better survival chance than anything else, with dry suits close behind albeit not favoured by many on grounds of comfort and needing a suit for every passenger.
Last edited by Fuji Abound; 14th Nov 2006 at 20:23.