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Originally Posted by iambecomelife
At the time, I couldn't help but wonder if those poor guys on the sailing ship were saved? Or if they were "posted missing" like countless other 19th Century sailors? There's something scary about being in midocean with just a wooden hull and no GPS, radar, or EPIRB's. 
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Unfortunately, even having all this stuff onboard doesn't help much in case when ship's second officer (whose job is control of stability) does his job bad:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking..._Dalniy_Vostok
And I've heard tales from sailors about modern vessels capsized in calm seas because of sudden shear load.
Sea-going is still dangerous.