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Rescue Water Craft

The Rescue Water Craft is based on the YamahaVX700 Waverunner. It is ideal for use in high-surf conditions and has many advantages over the standard IRB. Fitted with a Rescue Sled it can be operated by a single Lifeguard offering a fast responce with beach-launching capability and its outstanding manoeuvrability make it ideal for shallow-water operation. From RWC-073, although a few RV700s were ordered,  the model changed to the Yamaha VX1000. then after an exhaustive trials period, ending with RWC-127 the model was changed aagain to the Yamaha RV Cruiser 1050C.

RWC-018 of the Training Fleet at Poole 25/04/13 (Photo N. Rush)

RWC-021 pictured at the Tall Ships meeting in Belfast June 2015 (Photo Patrick Bunting)

RWC-026 at Boscombe East on 19/06/14 (Photo N. Rush)

RWC-030 seen at Sandbanks West on 05/06/14 (Photo N. Rush)

RWC-035 of the Training Fleet pictured at Poole on 29/05/14 (Photo N. Rush)

Former RWC-041 of the South Region PR Team at Poole on 22/08/15 (Photo N. Rush)

-RWC-044Brian Woodwward at North Bay Scarborough at her naming in 2010 (Photo Courtesy RNLI)

RWC-045 of the Training Fleet (Ex-Wirral) at Poole on 29/06/17 (Photo N. Rush)

RWC-053  at Enniskillen (Upper) LBS on 06/07/14 (Photo Enniskillen LBS)

The Enniskillen (Upper) spare RWC_054 06/07/14 (Photo Enniskillen LBS)

Seen at Perranporth Beach on 21/11/14 is the RWC-060 (Photo Courtesy RNLI/Mike Lavis)

RWC-061 seen at Bournemouth (West) beach on 19/06/14 (Photo N. Rush)

RWC-063 at Cam Lough, NI. Summer 2014 (Photo John Macateer)

RWC-066, assigned as a spare at South Down, NI. Summer 2014 (Photo John Macateer)

RWC-071 pictured at Sandbanks, Poole on 24/09/15 (Photo N. Rush)

Seen at the RNLI Open Day on 09/07/11 is RWC-072 (Photo N. Rush)

RWC-072 seen at Croyde Beach on 18/10/14 (Photo Jenny Carpenter) The last of the RV700 Waverunner craft.

RWC-074 pictured at Ramsgate on 08/05/16 (Photo Sarah Hewes)

RWC-076 taken in Jersey on 03/11/15 (Photo RNLI/Jason Kelly)

RWC-076 pictured at Sandbanks on 01/09/16 (Photo N. Rush)

RWC-082, an RV700, pictured at Hastings on 31/07/18 (Photo Sarah Hewes)

RWC-087 seen at Newquay Lifeguard Support Centre? (Photo courtesy rNLI)

RWC-089 pictured at Sennen Cove  in 2017 (Photo David Carter)

RWC-094 pictured at Roker Beach, Sunderland 09/07/15 (Photo Cliff Crone)

RWC-109 seen at Newquay on 02/07/17 (Photo David Carter)

RWC-110 pictured at Bournemouth (East) on 10/08/17 (Photo N. Rush)

RWC-111 photographed at Bournemouth(West) on 01/09/16 (Photo N. Rush)

RWC-114 pictured at Boscombe  East on 24/04/18 (Photo Jennifer Carpenter)

RWC-115 at Boscombe (West) on 10/08/17 (Photo N. Rush)

RWC-132 seen at Margate on 31/08/22 (Photo Sarah Hewes)

RWC-133 seen at Ramsgate on 21/08/22

A selection of RWC craft at Ramsgate on 04/03/17 (Photo Sarah Hewes)

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