Shipwreck survival

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by Vynticator

I understand on a clear day you can see the coast 7 miles away from sea level, I am told by the inter web. So if they head broadly the right way and the storm clears after half an hour or so, they may see shore soon after that.

That sounds more like standing at sea level (i.e. with any eye height of five and a half feet) than immersed at sea level (i.e. with an eye level only a few inches above the waves).