Jon Buoy

A proprietary inflatable man-overboard recovery system that provides a visible buoyant target and lifting arrangement.

Depending on the model, deployment creates an inflatable horseshoe, recovery module or enclosure with light, drogue and lifting points to support and locate the casualty until recovery.

It supplements rather than replaces immediate alarm, lookout, manoeuvring, position marking and rescue planning. The unit needs correct mounting, servicing and crew familiarity, and the vessel must have a practicable method of lifting the casualty aboard.