S.O.S. DANBUOY

SOS Danbuoy

Product Code SOS-6375

Patent # 2009.9001508

The primary use for a DANBUOY (Rescue Buoy) is to mark a MAN OVERBOARD . This highly visible lightweight, marker can easily be applied to a wide range of designations or uses such as, anything that falls over the side, or when marking a shallow channel. It is easily deployed in an emergency, in the event of a man overboard you simply throw the valise by the carry handle in the direction of the person overboard and then the rescue buoy automatically inflates.

Common Product Features:

  • Improved portable Inflatable Rescue Buoy/Marker carried in a 280mm x 220 mm valise.
  • Automatically inflates upon immersion in water and sits 2.5 metres above water level.
  • Sea Anchor/Drogue reduces downwind drift.
  • SOLAS reflective tape to improve visibility.
  • Ensures faster detection, with easily spotted fluorescent yellow material with flying pennant to assist visibility.
  • Grab Handles to assist supporting person overboard.
  • Compact unit, portable easily stowed .
  • Pea-less whistle attached.
  • Can be used as a marker by unclipping sea anchor and replacing it with a conventional anchor and chain.

* NOTE : The reflective yellow coloured material has the highest visibility under a UV search light used in fog and inclement conditions

Technical Data

Colour

Fluorescent Yellow

 

Valise Length - flat

280mm

 

Valise Width - flat

220mm

 

Height - Inflated

2.5 metres

 

Gas cylinder

CO 2

33 grams non-reusable

Inflation

Automatic

 

Weight - including bottle

4.5 kilos

 

Marker Buoy

The SOS Marine Dan Buoy marker, when used with an anchor, makes an ideal temporary marker for indicating any of the following:

  • Navigation Hazards.
  • Wreckage.
  • Course Markers.
  • Special Event Boundaries.
  • Dive Sites.
  • Unexploded Munitions.
  • Search Area Marker.

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