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And wasn’t the idea more that they should have take turns on the door or raft? Would that have worked? Or maybe they should have found a half-empty lifeboat maybe and used their star appeal to get let on board?

[The Duke]

Taking turns probably wouldn't have worked. While the Carpathia arrived 3.5 hours after the Titanic sunk, the water temp was between 32 and 40 degrees F.

Besides, it would have been ungentlemanly.