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Archives of Memory: A Soldier Recalls World War II
They made two transfers at sea, one of them was with a breeches buoy. The first
one they brought the doctor on board. The seas were very rough, but they just
brought the doctor on board. AH: With the breeches buoy? HH: No. The destroyer
...
10 <%»* aa Few people are aware that the breeches buoy employed by all life-
saving stations the world over has been in use for 100 years; and no less
surprising is the fact that until now no improvement in its construction has been
made in ...
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Seamanship Techniques: Shipboard and Marine Operations
Provided that the vessel is within striking distance of the shoreline, rescue may
be attempted by means of the breeches buoy. However, the use of a single buoy
to transport a single survivor in this day and age is extremely questionable.
plan was to transfer our man on a “breeches buoy” from one ship to the other. A
breeches buoy is a sturdy canvas apparatus suspended from a pulley running a
rope from ship to ship. A small rope was shot from a gun similar to a rifle to the ...
Walter B. Varland, Elaine Elliott Varland, 2009
Each man, well trained in his duties, proceeded to handle the apparatus
assigned to him. They would first try to remove the people from the stranded ship
by using the breeches buoy. If unsuccessful, they would resort to launching the
surfboat.
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Lighthouses & Keepers: The U.S. Lighthouse Service and Its ...
A breeches buoy looks like a pair of canvas trousers on a life ring and the ring is
attached by rope to a single sheave. The sheave is placed on the hawser, and a
line pulls the breeches buoy along the hawser. In effect, the hawser becomes a ...
“Aye, aye, sir,” said Fergus as he saluted, then grabbed the rope and lowered
himself into the breeches buoy. It swayed back and forth in the frosty gale. The
men on shore steadied the rope. They strained, clamping down harder as Fergus
in ...
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The American Catholic Quarterly Review
From this trolley is hung the breeches-buoy. “ The breeches-buoy is indeed a pair
of breeches, very short in the legs, but very roomy, and very strong. Into the buoy
steps one of the passengers, and he is immediately hauled in by the crew on ...
James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast, 1801
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Lost Voyages: Two Centuries of Shipwrecks in the Approaches ...
Regular drills with both surfboat and breeches buoy were begun, and nightly
beach patrols between stations were instituted to ensure the earliest possible
discovery of wrecks. In 1875, Congress passed a bill requiring detailed records to
be ...
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United States Life-Saving Service in Michigan
Through this system of anchors, lines, and pulleys, the USLSS could then bring
crew members to shore in either the breeches buoy or the life car. The breeches
buoy is an oversized pair of canvas pants sewn over a life ring, and the life car is
...
William D. Peterson, 2000
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Coast Guard's 100th Anniversary Observed; Beach Simulation …
Last Saturday, visitors and local officials gathered around a cordoned-off area of the Inlet beach to watch volunteers perform a breeches buoy ... «The Dispatch, 六月 15»
Beach Reenactment Showed How Rescues At Sea Were Once …
Last Saturday, visitors and local officials gathered around a cordoned-off area of the Inlet beach to watch volunteers perform a breeches buoy ... «The Dispatch, 六月 15»
State park offers shipwreck re-enactment June 27
For the fearless men employed in the service, the Breeches Buoy system was both the most technologically advanced and the safest method ... «Cape Gazette, 六月 15»
'Shipwrecks: Mystery, Murder and Misery'
There are lanterns, navigation aids, cumbersome life vests and lifesaving apparatus, including a breeches buoy and pulley system that was ... «Barnstable Patriot, 六月 15»
OC museum to honor US Coast Guard
Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum will hold a dinner and a breeches buoy rescue re-enactment this weekend to mark the 100th ... «Delmarva Daily Times, 六月 15»
Have you got what it takes to be a coastguard? West Bay …
We only had a breeches buoy and we used to train with it once a week. "It's now much more professional and we have strong links with the other emergency ... «Dorset Echo, 六月 15»
OC Museum, Partners To Celebrate Coast Guard Anniversary
The breeches buoy was used in the 19th and early 20th century to bring passengers and crew members to safety from ships wrecked at sea. «The Dispatch, 六月 15»
Jun. 16 - 100th Anniversary to Honor Coast Guard
To recognize this milestone the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum will host a dinner on Fri., June 19, and a breeches buoy rescue ... «WMDT, 五月 15»
Decisive crew 2nd at California regatta
... scouts participated in more than 20 seamanship events including knots, swimming, semaphore, breeches buoy, rope climb, boatswain's chair ... «Thegardenisland.com, 五月 15»
Lifesaving team given top honour
The nomination read: “Over the following 150 years the Brigade has developed from only being trained in ship-to-shore Breeches Buoy Rescue ... «News Guardian, 五月 15»
