As you must be aware water is the most important thing you will need to be able to survive. This section may be longer than you may have thought. In a standard lifeboat, you will be given a choice of three ways to get your water.

The first is emergency water. These will probably come in cans, but maybe bottles- if it is a newer lifeboat. In my boat, it was cans. If you can't open them, don't worry, there will definitely be a can opener in there somewhere. For this manual, let us assume that you have bottles. Each bottle will be 500 ml of pure, good water. You may feel the need or urge to drink three or four bottles at a time, but you must save them for a rainy day. Try not to drink more than one bottle a day, even if you think you...