Historical information
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 bolt
Significance
The triangle was significant to the rocket apparatus rescue, as it allowed the rescued survivor to be transferred to shore above the waves
Physical description
three 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 bases
