I was in my mid 40's at the time and all I can say is that with the heat and effort it was a wonder that I didn't stroke out. I was in pretty good shape and still I was wasted. The stress and work puts a terrible load on one's mind and body. Add to that pumping a small BS bilge pump found on most boats and it's no wonder the poor fellow passed. Every boat needs a Jesus pump and if you don'have one I highly recommend that you get one. My wife was walking down the dock and overherd some guys talking about a Jesus pump and asked me what it was. She smiled when I said that "it's the pump you reach for when someone yells out "Jesus! Get the pump!" Not making light of the tragic loss of Gregs friend but it points out that we all need to be able to keep our boats afloat without killing ourselves in the process. Of course I'm making an assumption that the water wasn't entering as a flooding but from an above water hole punched by the boat he hit. Had he been able to keep up with it via electric pumps or a very large manual pump he might have made it. Time was in his favor because he would have washed ashore sooner then later. The chance that he would have been blown out to sea was next to 0. He was completely circled by land amd it was just a matter of time. Also, this points out the fact that the only was to surive a hurricane is to have your boat nailed down to the ground. Being at anchor is asking to sink. I had 5 lines into the mangrove trees and 4 anchors out on my port side. Each of the anchors had an additional 40 pounds on their sentenals. The only damage was that my Dorad vents were filled up with mangrove leaves and we were wet below from all the water I brought n from checking the lines.