You must really enjoy these threads?........don't the words, banging, head, and wall mean anything to you? I have got a sore head just reading all this!

I will just add this, seems to me that if people want to carry a Life Raft, then fine......if they don't then that's fine as well, it's up to each individual to make their own choices, speaking for myself, I don't have one, I can't afford one, and if I could afford one, there are things that are more important to me to spend my money on. To my way of thinking, the best liferaft is the one you are sailing in.