Mustang Survival is proud to announce their association with PROTOTYPE THIS, an all-new Discovery Channel series. PROTOTYPE THIS brings viewers straight to the drawing board and through the design process to experience firsthand as inventions come to life. The series features a team of expert engineers who work each week to come up with one-of-a-kind prototypes of tomorrow for people to experience today. Mustang Survival was involved in the show by providing a sample of our Rescue Stick, and will be featured in the “Flying Lifeguard” episode.

As shown in this video, the Rescue Stick is an emergency flotation device that allows first responders to quickly stabilize a victim at risk of drowning, increasing the chance of survival. The compact Rescue Stick can be accurately thrown over 100 feet, automatically inflating in seconds upon contact with the water. Once the victim is stabilized, self rescue or a secondary rescue effort such as a throw bag, vessel or rescue swimmer can help bring the victim to safety.

PROTOTYPE THIS premieres tomorrow, October 15th at 10pm on Discovery Channel.

As our regular blog readers know, Mustang Survival is proud to have worked with West Marine to sponsor the production of Morning Light, set to hit movie theaters later this month. Now you can see how the team of sailors was selected for this amazing opportunity in a one hour TV special airing October 8 and 9 on ESPN2. Check your local listings for Morning Light: Making the Cut to view this special movie prequel. Click here for more information.

On Saturday, I spent a wonderful day taking part of the 10th annual Variety Boat for Hope event in False Creek, Vancouver. Variety puts on a wonderful and fun event where over 300 children who have special needs (and their caregivers) get to dress up as pirates and sail on a boat in search for treasure!

The kids are all suited up in their Mustang foam vests for their adventure. They encounter many, many pirates, get super soaked with water guns and seek for treasure! The crew from Mustang was all dressed up ready to surrender their treasure to the children. We had a couple inflatable boats and took turns giving out the portable coolers supplied by our customer Steveston Marine. We did a pretty good job protecting our vessel and none of us dropped one in the water!

It’s so rewarding seeing the smiles on the children’s faces, as we hand over our goodies and let them soak us with their hoses and water guns. I have to admit that 5 hours of water fighting with kids, co-workers and the whole boating community can be exhausting, but incredibly fun! I can’t wait to do this again next year!! Ahoy Matey’s!!!!

More pictures are available on our Flickr page.