The Arancia-class inshore rescue craft is a class of small

inflatable rescue boat Inflatable Rescue Boats (IRBs) are rubber boats with an outboard motor used in surf lifesaving. IRBs have been used for all forms of surf rescue, retrieval, and service by Surf Lifesaving in New Zealand, Australia, and Del Mar, California since ...

(IRB) operated by, among others, Surf Lifesaving Great Britain, Surf Life Saving Association of Wales and the

Royal National Lifeboat Institution The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat (rescue), lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on s ...

(RNLI) of the

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and

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. The Arancia inshore rescue craft originates from

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

where it is made by Arancia Industries Ltd. The Arancia surf rescue craft is also used in Surf Rescue competitions to demonstrate the high speed rescue skills of boat crews around the world. When in use it carries up to two crew and is primarily used for

surf lifesaving Surf lifesaving is a multifaceted social movement that comprises key aspects of voluntary lifeguard services and competitive surf sport. Originating in early 20th century Australia, the movement has expanded globally to other countries, in ...

duties. Other small boats operated by the RNLI include the

X-class lifeboat Since its inception, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has provided lifeboats to lifeboat stations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Once past their operation life, the boats have mostly been sold by the RNLI and purchased for domest ...

XP-class lifeboat The XP-class lifeboat is a class of small inflatable rescue boat operated by the RNLI of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The XP-class lifeboat is mainly used as a small tender carried onboard RNLI all-weather lifeboats, and is based on the comm ...

and

Y-class lifeboat The Y-class lifeboat is a class of small inflatable rescue boat operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat (rescue), lifeboat services operating around t ...

. The RNLI have placed Arancias at lifeboat stations to supplement

Atlantic 85 The Atlantic 85 is the third generation Rigid-hulled inflatable boat, rigid inflatable boat (RIB), in the B-class series of Inshore lifeboat (rescue), lifeboats, operated around the shores of the British Isles and the Channel Islands by the Roy ...

s. Two stations in Wales,

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and

Criccieth Criccieth, also spelled Cricieth (), is a town and community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, Wales, on the boundary between the Llŷn Peninsula and Eifionydd. The town is west of Porthmadog, east of Pwllheli and south of Caernarfon. It had a ...

, now have these as permanent resources after a trial period.

Fleet

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- RNLI Beach Rescue
Arancia Industries
- The manufacturer of the Arancia Inflatables
Surf Life Saving Great Britain
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