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Man Overboard
Recovery Cage Story |
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 Regrettably, there have been several instances in which crew
members have drowned alongside fishing vessels whilst their
crewmates
desperately tried to recover them from the water. It was a
report in ‘Fishing News’ about such a man overboard
incident that prompted retired Peterhead Skipper, Robert Reid,
to start thinking about a possible solution.
Rob, who had pioneered
improvements in fishing such as ‘shelterdecks’ and
shooting seine ropes over the top of shelter decks to keep
crew members clear of danger, looked and tested some of the
products on
the market for man overboard recovery and discovered that none
were entirely suitable for the job on modern high sided fishing
vessels.
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Concept
Models
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Rob decided to use his experience and knowledge of the fishing
industry to good use and come up with a practical and effective
device to do the job - The Fisherman’s solution.
He rapidly came up with the concept of a floating
cage that would contain the casualty and enable him/her to
be lifted, by winch, crane, powerblock or even by hand, back
on-board the vessel. He made models to prove the concept, as
it had to fold compactly for storage on the vessel. Convinced
by the models he then got a local company to make a prototype
and convinced family to help try out his idea. Rob identified
a few problems with the man overboard rescue cage prototype
but carried on, undaunted, to get another cage fabricated
with improvements to resolve the initial problems. Three more
overboard cage prototypes were eventually made as improvements
were identified and resolved.
More - engineering and prototypes>> |
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"A
versatile rescue cage that is suitable for use from all vessels,
especially high sided ones, for the recovery of persons from the
water."
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