Gents,
You are forgetting this would be worse case scenario stuff we're talking about. Your wet, cold and it's raining etc. and the little cotton balls soaked in vaseline have somehow been removed from your kit or worse failed to ignite your soaked and preciously obtained heretofore dry tinder. I would give her a go if I had run out of options and push came to shove. I suspect you might to. Yea I know it seems outrageous but a big pile of driftwood on a sandbar might be convinced to cooperate. Just check the wind direction and stand back.  8-)