| has gloss | eng: A breeches buoy is a crude rope-based rescue device used to extract people from wrecked vessels, or to transfer people from one location to another in situations of danger. The device resembles a round emergency personal flotation device with a leg harness attached. It is similar to a zip line.The breeches buoy was usually deployed from either ship to ship, or ship to shore using a rocket or a lyle gun, and allowed single person evacuations. A line would be attached to the ship and the person being rescued would be pulled to shore in the breeches buoy riding the line similar to a zip line. |
