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Description

Group starts on a "Ship" and needs to use rescue lines or throwing ropes to recover lifejackets so that they can abandon ship and "swim" to safety.

Resources

Cones to mark out areas
Lifejackets
Rescue lines
Ropes (if used in addition to rescue lines)

Instructions

Mark out an area to represent the "ship", and another area to represent a safe area (you can call it the "land" or a "beach").
Scatter lifejackets in the "sea" around the "ship".
Participants start on the "ship" with the rescue lines or ropes.
Participants throw rescue lines or ropes towards the lifejackets. When they get a line over a lifejacket, a leader passes the lifejacket to the "ship".
Participants put on the lifejacket, then they can enter the water and "swim" to the safe area.
When in the safe area, a leader can return the lifejacket to the "sea".
The game finishes when everyone is in the safe area.

General Rules
Only enter the "sea" when wearing a lifejacket.
Only throw rescue lines towards lifejackets, not towards people.
Participants can work together - helping put on lifejackets / working together to recover jackets / etc.

Variations
Move lifejackets further away to increase difficulty.
Work in groups and make it a competition to get your group to safety first.

Tags

• lifejackets
• rescue throw methods

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