Quote Originally Posted by bababooey View Post
Lot of the credit goes to Billy the mate. Quick thinking and immediate action. Here's his account, came from another site:


I've never been in a life raft but from what my buddy said it was the longest 15 minutes of his life, especially after watching the self deploying epirb get tangled up and go down with the ship. These guys were well shaken and wouldn't take their life jackets off until they were on dry land. I've fished offshore since i was a little kid. I learned more last night about safety and fishing offshore than i ever wanted to. You never know whats going to happen out there and last night was a night i'll never forget.

Well said, always have to be prepared form the worst. Even if you are, things don't always go as planned.