With a soft, easy handle to it, our line is an eight-ply polyester braid with a break-strain of at least 2000 lbs weight (~ 10,000 Newton). Strong enough to pull a car boat, the Throw-Bag is often used for warping boats to a wharf, as a pilot line for hawsers and fire hose on large vessels and for the recovery of heavy, floating objects back on board. Recovering a 100 Kg man from a ten-knot current is no problem, when the line and rescuer are properly secured! Despite its strength and versatility, the Rescue Throw-Bag packs small enough – even the 20-Metre version - to fit in all line pockets on Canoeists’ life jackets and, when hung conveniently in a sailing boat’s cock-pit, it will not unravel or come loose until you are ready to use it. Easily and quickly repacked, in less than a minute and reusable without repacking – just pick it up with a little water in it and throw - the Rescue Throw-Bag is ideal for recovering divers on board in an efficient, orderly way. In BSAC branch trials, a coxswain safely recovered six divers from fierce sea-conditions in less than seven minutes! Even in strong currents, the Throw-Bag maintains the line’s floatation until grasped by the casualty.

The Rescue Throw-Bag replaces more expensive life-rings, quoits and poles in almost all water margin rescue stations. The Rescue Throw-Bag is not a floatation aid so, against it, the only case for life-rings is where casualties may not be readily recovered and need to be kept afloat whilst help is sought – such as high docksides and passenger ferries. Less than a third of the price of a life ring and mounting, the Rescue Throw-Bag is no more vandal resistant but many times more effective in rescue from the water.

Rot-resistant and marked to comply with EEC rules