Described by the Royal Life Saving Association and Health & Safety Executive as useful rescue devices, endorsed by the Swimming Teachers Association, our Rescue Throw-Bag is the most accurate and easy to use of its genre.

Essentially, it is a durable, mildew resisting, floating bag that contains a specially developed, low friction rope. You throw the bag, under-arm and the rope plays out as the Throw-Bag swiftly finds its target, up to twenty Metres away – even across or into strong gales.

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 tow diving boats, the Throw-Bag is often used for warping boats to a wharf, or, as a pilot line for hawsers and fire hose on larger 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 safely secured!

Despite its strength and versatility, the Rescue Throw-Bag packs small enough – even this 20-Metre version - to fit in all line pockets, built in to 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 again - 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 position until grasped by the casualty. The Rescue Throw-Bag replaces more expensive life-rings, quoits and poles in almost all water margin rescue stations. 

Less than a third of the price of a life ring and mounting, the Rescue Throw-Bag is no more vandal resistant but it is many times more effective in most rescues from the water.

The Rescue Throw-Bag is not a floatation aid, so; life-rings and floatation aids are more appropriate where the casualty may not be readily recovered and needs to be kept afloat whilst help is sought – such cases might be high dock sides and passenger ferries.

If you are not sure what best mitigates your risks, call to gain advice, or to benefit from a Risk Analysis, conforming with your duties under the Health & Safety at Work Act..(1974). A useful publication, for occupational risk mitigation, will be: Beach Lifeguarding (First Published by the RLSS, 1994, ISBN 0-907082-41-6)