Don't you love when what should have been a "walk off" evacuation turns bad? A good friend tells the story of his brother, in a similar situation many years ago. Freeying a boat, but the boat was brand new - started sinking in the Caribean - got off their Mayday, deployed the brand new reaft, and the 4 souls stepped off onto raft. Boat went down a few minutes later. They were picked up in a few hours "with no health problems, and a good story"