tw, good reporters usually don't tell war stories, not good form as the Brits say, and the only lesson from it is the cost of complacency when three who grew up on small boat handling on a mean coast were overloaded, too cocky and spared by great good luck.
It was almost sorcery that we located the guns because the capsize was in a snow squall an hour before daylight and our only guidance was from notions of wind direction, time in water and where we came ashore.
In both cases---the capsize and recovery---familiarity with boats, the water, weather and diving counted for naught and the outcomes were in good measure plain good luck. We were stupid. Experience can bite. End of story.
