Learning from the Cheeki Rafiki Tragedy

I like to ponder and learn from every “tragedy” to further my own personal preparedness and clear a mental path towards best heat-of-the-battle crisis decision making.

The tragedy of the Cheeki Rafiki is one that I have pondered (amongst many others) and I feel that I have learned something from one of their most obvious mistakes that is “hiding” within the story.
Yes there is the “obvious” mistake of not having the liferaft on deck…however the subtle “hidden” lesson is within the story and one I think in many ways we TRAIN many sailors to make!  There is a saying, “You step UP into the liferaft”…and “ALWAYS stay with the boat (until it is gone)”…  These lessons and training I think led to the Cheeki Rafiki disaster.
As the story goes, the crew called in via Satellite Phone and said they were taking on water, could not identify the source of the leak and were diverting to the Azores.  I believe that most of them would be alive today had they not been reluctant to get the liferaft on deck and to pre-emptively inflate it.  “Stepping up” into the raft doesn’t need to mean waiting to inflate it until you need it!
Upon an emergency happening 1) Any liferaft should be staged for inflation.  At the skippers’ discretion and EARLY the raft should be inflated and towed astern or alongside.  So what if they had towed their raft all the way to the Azores “unnecessarily”…  They had an UNIDENTIFIED leak…and their raft was found below.
May we “learn” in their memory and not have their lives be in vane.  Honahlee’s 6 man raft will be lashed onto the sea hood and the 10 man will be either below or lashed on the windward side of the cabin top.  The 10-man stages nicely in the bottom of the cockpit or possibly from it’s position on the cabin top.
Again…please no unnecessary reply all’s to *IMPORTANT* subject line emails.
Thanks guys!
Link to story: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27553902
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