Sling Lifeboat with canvas breeches and sling.lifebouy, life saving, life boat, lifeboat, rescue, ship to shore rescue, breeches bouy

The triangle is a portable and folding set of sheer legs, to lift the rescue hawser as high as practical above the level of the sea, to carry the survivor in a "breeches buoy" above the waves. A snatch block was connected to the suspended U boltThe triangle was significant to the rocket apparatus rescue, as it allowed the rescued survivor to be transferred to shore above the wavesthree wooden legs, connected at one end, to be separated to form a triangle, from which to carry the hawser to the anchor backer through a U bolt. end bands and spiked basestripod, triangle support, shipwreck rescue, hawser support, breeches bouy

Black painted board with white painted instructions for attaching rope from Shipwreck to shore.Make tail of the block fast to the ----- mast well up, if masts are gone then to the best place you can find, cast off rocket line, see that the rope in the block runs free and show signal to shore.shipwreck, tally board, rocket machine, breeches bouy

part of group of tally boards used by shore to ship rescue equipmentWooden board, curved at one end. .Black cloth tacked over with printed instructions (white). detail in English, French, German & Norwegian. Brown cord (hawser) ends whipped, attached.FASTEN TAIL BLOCK TO LOWER MAST WELL UP; IF MASTS GONE, THEN TO BEST PLACE HANDY; CAST OFF ROCKET LINE; SEE ROPE IN BLOCK RUNS FREE; SHOW SIGNAL TO SHORErescue equipment, breeches buoy, wreck to shore, attachment for breeches bouy, instructions to attach breeches buoy, instructions lifeline to shore, rocket line attachment