Safety buoy
AssigneeRip Buoy Holdings Limited
InventorNeil John Wallace
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Abstract
A safety buoy (100) for use in a rip current area (35) having a rip current comprises a bow section (110) and a stern section (120). The bow section (110) is streamlined and the stern section (120) has a deck area. The safety buoy (100) is advantageously moored in the rip current area (35) so that the streamlined bow faces generally seaward towards incoming swell conditions, while the deck area at the stern section (120) faces generally shoreward and provides a surface for a distressed bather caught in an outgoing rip current.
Claims16
A safety buoy for use in a rip current area, the safety buoy comprising a bow, a stern and a hull, the bow having a streamlined prow and the stern having an open decked area above the hull, wherein the safety buoy can be moored such that the streamlined prow generally faces seaward towards an incoming swell, and the open decked area generally faces shoreward towards an outgoing rip current, the open decked area thereby providing a resting platform for bathers caught in the rip current area.
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