Originally Posted By: Dagny

Anyone know if they limit what you can bring onto a lifeboat?
I'd expect they would allow purses and a modest man bag but wouldn't want people crowding a boat with luggage - survival gear or not.
Argues for a jacket with zip pockets.


Great point. I went back today and looked through several videos of the Costa Concordia evacuation and there are no backpacks, purses, or any other bags being carried by any of the passengers as they cue up to the lifeboats with their life preservers on. Just about everyone is wearing a coat though.