Regulations and requirements became much stricter a few years after that episode, new laws and such came in so that there was a DOT approved safety vest for every person on board, life rafts became mandatory many years later.. Yep a good seaworthy boat and enough sense to stay inside/aboard was the earliest form of lifesaving I grew up with. First real world memory for me concerning boats was heading down the channel in Jeddore harbour with the ole single lunger in the 30' Tancook breaking the silence, at one point along the way the reverberating echo off the shoreline made it sound like the engine was a twin. No underwater exhaust on those old rigs, straight out the side, hear one coming 2 miles away even on a windy day.
