MOB Recovery and Reboarding Gear

MOB recovery gear is the equipment that helps prevent a crew-overboard event, alert the boat, and get a person back aboard. This collection brings together inflatable PFDs, safety tethers, whistles, emergency ladders, reboarding aids, and boat-hook support products.

Build the system around the crew and boat, not a single item. A tether helps keep the sailor attached, a whistle helps them be found, a BackTow PFD helps manage tow position, and a ladder or recovery aid gives the crew a way back on deck.

Emergency reboarding ladder and MOB recovery gear

MOB recovery questions

Is a boarding ladder enough for crew-overboard recovery?

No. A ladder only helps if the person can reach and climb it. Match recovery gear to freeboard, crew strength, and the lifejacket/tether system actually used aboard.

Where should emergency boarding gear be mounted?

Put it where a person in the water can deploy or reach it. Test the location from the water, not only from the dock.