There are 3 tasks - throwing something to assist the MOB, finding them and getting them back on board. A ring, horseshoe,cushion for the first. We have an inflatable MOB pole for the second (with AIS in our lifejackets offshore) for the second and the Lifesling for retrieval. thankful none have been deployed.
Joel On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 8:28 PM James Nichols via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Bruce, > > Horseshoes are about the easiest for someone in the water to get themselves > into because they just dive over the open end and hang from it. Kind of > like > floating on a pool noodle. As someone else mentioned, they tend to be > light, so they don't fly well in a wind, or even without wind. Mine has a > loop for attaching a rope so that you can get another try, haul the person > in, or circle around and pull the float to the person. I think the rope > actually flies further than the horseshoe. > > Horseshoes and throwable cushions meet the minimum standards, but again, as > mentioned previously and don't tend to be much better than trying to throw > a > life preserver. It is something to throw out instantly along with the Man > Overboard Marker so that if the person is conscious and able to swim, they > can head for it and have something to grab onto while they are waiting for > you to deploy your other lifesaving tools or maneuver your way back in > their > direction. > > James > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 22:55:18 +0000 (UTC) > From: Bruce Whitmore <bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net> > To: Cnc-list CNC Boat Owners <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Stus-List Dumb question of the day - life rings, horseshoe or > cushion? > Message-ID: <105761816.3312960.1583189718...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > So I have a lifesling and a throwable cushion.? Yet, I see lots of boats > with horseshoes, and commercial boats with life rings.? > > Is there an inherent reason for one design over another?? > > Bruce Whitmore > 1994 C&C 37/40+"Astralis"Madeira Beach, FL > (847) 404-5092 (mobile) > bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > < > http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20200302/70 > 5e82ec/attachment-0001.html > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20200302/705e82ec/attachment-0001.html> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Joel
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