http://www.mvgazette.com/news/2005/0...hole_death.php
We have all seen it turn ugly......when the tide is hummin and b#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g a stiff wind, look out walls of water seem to appear and turns into one of those white knuckle rides home.
The statistics for man overboard survival without pfd ON at the time he enters the water are hair-raising...It is in the low single digits.
Wear the SOS or belt at a min. It ain't that bad.