A 38 foot boat is a little small to expect a life raft, normally. Sounds like they got hold of some life vests in time, but from the sound of it, this guy was trapped below decks when it went over. A raft wouldn't have helped him.
Possibly not have helped Mr. Stone, and prayers to his family.
A 38 foot boat is a little small to expect a life raft, normally.
Normally, but a blue water cruise across the Gulf of Mexico from Galveston to Veracruz is NOT a normal day(s) on the water and 5 other souls on board are quite lucky for surviving without one.
30 inches by 12.5 inches by 15 inches. $1700 bucks on a vessel owned and operated by Texas A&M University, named after Cynthia Woods Mitchell, on a blue water voyage across the Gulf of Mexico? I think you can even rent em, certainly somewhere around Clear Lake.