Abstract: An improved apparatus for use in association with a vessel to facilitate raising the vessel and/or cargo carried thereby should it become sunken. The apparatus is readily attachable to or mountable on any equipment and includes a float having an upper portion with the upper portion being of larger cross-sectional area. The bottom portion has a recess therein. A cable drum is located in the recess and journaled for rotation to pay out a light duty line wound thereon. The light duty line has a knob attached thereto and which is also attached to a heavy duty lifting cable attached to secure lift points on the vessel. The float is mounted at an appropriate location on the vessel, or cargo and should the vessel or cargo (as the case may be) sink, it floats to the surface. Information concerning the sunken object size, equipment for retrieval, etc. is on a plate attached to the float.

Abstract: A holder and carrier for elongated flexible members such as rope, garden hoses or electrical cables is disclosed. The holder has a planar base member having a top portion and a bottom portion. The top of the base member has an elongated aperture or opening near the top to function as a handle. Additional opening are provided to attach the base member to an existing wall structure. A pair of arms are attached to the bottom portion of the base member. The arms lie in a common plane. The arms attach to the bottom portion of the base member such that the plane of the arms intersect the plane of the base member at an acute angle.