PassageMaker

Planning for the Worst

It was a run-for-your-life moment. A few years ago, a friend removed an old life raft from his boat and put it on the dock. It was 15 years out of certification, and he was buying a new one. Out of curiosity, he pulled the inflation line.

The hard canister burst, the raft inflated quickly—almost violently—and the raft wedged itself between power

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