The apparatus comprises a rocket and line, a tail-block rove with an endless whip, a jackstay (which is described in some publications as the hawser) and traveller, and a breeches buoy.
Ize zixhobo zinesidubuli kunye nentambo, isiqwempu sentsinga esiphathiweyo sebhloko enomsila esinesabhokhwe esingenasiphelo, indawo yokuhlala idomkrarha (ecaciswe kwezinye izishicilelo njengentambo enkulu), umhambi kunye nebhulukwe yabakhweli egcina umntu edada.