Answers: Lost at Sea

According to the experts, in this case the US Coastguard, the basic supplies needed when a person is stranded mid-ocean are articles to attract attention and aid survival until rescue arrives. A transatlantic trip takes roughly 20 days; significantly less with good winds and significantly more without them. Articles for navigation are of little importance since even if a small life raft were capable of reaching land, it would be impossible to store enough food and water to survive for that amount of time. Without signaling devices, there is almost no chance of being spotted and rescued. So, the list below is the ranking order of the items according to their importance to your survival: 

Compare your individual and group answers to the key above. For each item, mark the number of points that your score differs from the Coast Guard ranking and then add up the sum of the difference. Use the absolute value of the difference (ignore + or -). The lower the score the better. See the if you survived based on your score below.