He gave his own life-saving equipment to a sailor.
But a craft that size would carry alternative life-saving equipment.
The ship's safety and life-saving equipment had not been properly tested.
It would be both unnecessary and possibly dangerous to use life-saving equipment designed for high seas on a shallow river.
He carried drugs and life-saving equipment and parts to fix vital machinery.
Another said: "We ought to carry more life-saving equipment.
This will mean more of the life-saving equipment, food, water and medicine that will be needed.
Even the least expensive Edge comes with life-saving equipment like an electronic stability control and side-curtain air bags.
Such boats carry life-saving equipment and crew trained in first aid methods specific to sea rescue.
