A Glimpse Into Our Mission

UltraMarine Safety Ltd is a start-up based in the South West of England.

Our goal was to design a more effective and efficient MOB recovery system that works in the toughest conditions and scenarios.

Many MOB recovery devices are available but almost all of them rely on the MOB assisting in their own rescue. Most require a fit, well trained crew and special equipment however, they all needed favourable conditions and a near perfect scenario. Theory showed they work in these ideal conditions but in Reality, you need to be lucky and/or the rescuers have to take huge personal risks.

From all the MOB incidents that occur it’s clear that the survival of an MOB is little more than a 50-50 coin toss. Everyone knows that Luck Is Not A Strategy When Theory Meets Reality.

Our design brief was incredibly challenging;

Q How do we make a more effective product than any currently available? An MOB Recovery System that works:

  • Without assistance from the MOB

  • In very rough conditions

  • In very challenging scenarios

  • With almost any vessel type or size

  • With almost no training

  • Without specialist equipment on the rescue vessel

  • Without increasing the risk to the rescuers

Additionally it had to:

  • Be unobtrusive to wear

  • Fit in almost any Lifejacket

A We invented, researched, developed and exhaustively tested OscarLine®

The OscarLine® Journey (So Far)

After thinking hard for months about the MOB paradigm, the idea for OscarLine® came during a waking moment. Although the basic idea has hardly changed since then, the Research and Development journey has been long and tortuous. What, how, why and who has been asked and answered hundreds of times with many answers, tested and discarded.

The first OscarLine® prototype tests were very impactful. Gradually creating more difficult scenarios in bigger seas, soon took us way beyond the ability of anything else you could buy. Open sea Beaufort F8 testing with Richard Brown, one of the UK’s most experienced mariners at the helm, was eye opening. When he commented, “Someone had to crack MOB, it just happens to be you.” There was no turning back.

Since then, extensive destructive testing of all the OscarLine® components has thrown up many challenges. Inventive solutions coupled with Aircraft grade materials and incredibly tight machining tolerances finally created and ensured reliability and incredible strength.

Achieving a full pass during ISO testing was a huge landmark.

I’ve read many MOB reports and I have no doubt that, from all the testing we’ve done, had many of those mariners worn lifejackets equipped with OscarLine®, they would have been rescued more quickly and safely, greatly increasing their chances of survival.

The generosity of so many people has brought OscarLine® to this point and we look forward to repaying their faith in the future.