Recovering an overboard sailor, whether trained crew or unprepared passenger, will always be a traumatic task, often with a tragic outcome.  Add any combination of rough seas, high freeboards, chilling temperatures, poor light or predictable panic and the difficulty is multiplied while life is being lost. QUIKSLING was developed by North Sea mariners with first-hand experience of the difficulties to ensure the best possibility of rescue. Features such as the easily entered flotation frame and the automatic ‘deckchair’ double sling all improve the likelihood of reaching, retrieving and recovering the man overboard whilst ensuring full compliance with SOLAS III/17-1.