Patent ID: 8172630

Claim:
A man overboard rescue device for use on a boat in water, the boat having a bow, a midline and a gunwale, said device comprising: a net having a first end and a second opposed end, said first end having attaching structure for attaching the first end to the boat and said second opposed end for being attached to a hoisting structure, a foreguy attaching said first end to said hoisting structure and said foreguy attaching said second opposed end to a point toward the bow of the boat for creating an open scoop being held perpendicular to the midline of the boat while the boat is in motion, a luff having ends, said luff being a front edge of the device, a leach, said leach being an aft edge of the device, a sinking structure for partially submerging said scoop underwater for the man overboard, wherein the sinking structure is greater on said luff of the device than on said leech of the device, and at least a portion of said sinking structure being deployed on the luff of the device between the ends of the luff for forming said partially submerged scoop as the boat approaches the man overboard.