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A new rescue boat for Coastguard Rotorua from Orca Engineering and Marine
lief o re ordering the eight-metre 'Rotorua Rescue 2', Coastguard Rotorua had previously commissioned a 4. 5-metre rescue boat to be huilt by Orca Engineering.
Thi s boat was specifically put into action to serve the entire Lakes district of Rotormi in New Zealand.
Coastguard Rotorua received it. used it and loved it. However, over time, and with the increase in population and call outs. the boat's capacity was outgrown with the organization undertaking 50 to 60 call-ouis a vear on its fourteen navigable lakes. Coastguard Rotorua still employs its 4. 5-metre boat as a standby and back up craft.
The first boat led the way and opened the door for the members of Coastguard Rotorua to put their considerable experience to work collecting ideas so as to help design a craft that would meet all of their needs and be big enough to meet future demand - they were very aware a larger, more comfortable craft was needed.
The new and bigger boat was to be fitted out with superior technology; it needed to be eight metres and to have...