Rescuerunner is the name of a
personal water craft designed by the
Swedish Sea Rescue Society
The Swedish Sea Rescue Society ( sv, Sjöräddningssällskapet, SSRS), formally the Swedish Society for the Saving of Shipwrecked Persons ( sv, Svenska Sällskapet för Räddning af Skeppsbrutne) is a Swedish voluntary organisation that works wit ...
(SSRS).
The Rescuerunner was developed for use under conditions where larger vessels can't easily operate, such as shallow waters, near cliffs or in lakes only accessible to boats after being carried over land. A Rescuerunner craft is normally operated by one person and weighs about 350 kilograms. The first prototype was tested in 2003, and the first six series-production vessels were made the following year. The project was continued by the company Safe at Sea AB in 2006.
The vessel was featured on a Swedish
postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail), who then affix the stamp to the fa ...
in 2007, part of a series of three stamps commemorating the 100th anniversary of SSRS.
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References
External links
Official websiteImage series of a training event with the Rescuerunner
Sea rescue
Personal water craft brands
Swedish brands