From left: Plastimo Rescue Line, Marsars Water Rescue, KwikTek űLife-line, NRS Pro Spectra, NRS Rescue Bag, Stearns Rescue Mate, West Marine Deluxe, and Seattle Sports Slant Six.

Throw rope bags allow you to accurately throw a line to a person in the water or to transfer a messenger line to another boat. These simple, small, and mostly inexpensive products will make an excellent addition to your arsenal of safety gear.

Our throw bags fit the following criteria: they had to rely on throwing for deployment, have line that floats, have a bag to contain that line, and flotation in the bag. Beyond that, some have reflective markings and some have mesh panels in the bags for quick drainage. Most use polypropylene line, which comes braided, and some have plastic tubes to encase the line loops made to…