The Fibrelight Cradle is a Man Overboard Recovery Device that has the versatility to recover casualties into many different types and sizes of vessels.
General:
- Can be operated by a single crewmember.
- Serves as boarding latter scramble net and stretcher.
- Designed for use by rescue raft, rigid inflatables, ship lifeboats and marinas, but is also used in a variety of vessels and industries.
- Safe Working Load
- Cradle - 150 kgs
- Scramble Net - 600 kgs
It is lighter, more compact , better value and more versatile than any comparable devices on the market. The Cradle requires only regular inspections and minimal maintenance, so there is no requirement to pay for annual servicing.
The Fibrelight Cradle enables MOB recovery by one end of the Cradle being secured to the craft and the outboard end being held away from the boat by hand or boat hook. The MOB is then guided into the Cradle and once securely in the outboard end of the Cradle the casualty is then hauled in rung by rung. Using this parbuckling action the MOB is safely rolled up and over the side of the craft.
The Cradles are constructed using carbon fibre rods enclosed in flanged tubular webbing. When the webbing tubes are fitted and sewn at right angles between the double thickness pockets of a second webbing, an incredibly strong structure is created. In this way the rod is fully supported within the vertical members of the Cradle.
ISO 799 strength test, as part of the SOLAS approval programme, required successive rungs to be loaded to over 900kgs and sustained for one minute without failure. The Cradle construction has also been tested and approved for thermal aging, weathering, UV light, oil resistance and practical performance.
