Glad to see some sensible comments rather than the typical H & S bullsh*t of don't fail to take one safety measure including the absolute safety measure - don't go sailing!!

Sailing back from Cherbourg yesterday one of my crew mentioned that when his wifes firm moved to Canary Wharf lots of staff asked to be issued with a parachute! My crew thought it was a ridiculous request but the thought crossed my mind that if everyone in high rise buildings were issued with parachutes that worked efficiently at low level compared to life rafts on boats what step would save the most lives - just thinking back to 911 and other incidents of fires in high rise buildings I suspect that over the last 25years parachutes could have saved more lives than liferafts!!

Kinda puts the actual risk in perspective!!