Jays post as the others is correct and useful info. I will add that any person or pet in the boat that is in waters that are "hazzardous" should already be in a pfd. "Hazzardous" can mean many things. Taking the time to put one on in an emergency may be too late and cause panic. In my opinion, panic is what causes a somewhat smaller problem to become a bigger life threatening problem. A responsible operator should already be thinking in their mind of a plan of action if things go sour.
The bottom line of everything in the related posts in this forum of the boat sinking, its recovery, right through this thread of how to manage a boat that has taken on water is keeping your people alive in a crisis. The operator of the cobalt that set these topics in motion should be commended for preventing a bad thing from becoming a fatality.Those who assisted them should be applauded for their involvement. They all did the right thing and nobody died. Boats can be recovered and replaced, quite frankly that is why we insure them isn't it? So wear those pfds, if they aren't fashionable, buy some that are.
On another note, how scarey would it have been to take on water at night! Yikes!! my arm hair just stood up thinking about it.
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