Development and testing of Asap Rescue Hero water craft to pre production level

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When a person starts drowning and taking on water, rescuers have around 90 seconds beforebrain damage can begin to set in and the person loses consciousness, therefore speed is of theessence in water rescues. Existing paddleboards rely on the skill and strength of the rescuer.With many charity/ volunteer run lifeguard stations they do not have a large budget fortraining and motorised jet skis – and to cover the ongoing running costs.The Asap Rescue Hero is a small one-person launch, electric motorised rescue craft. Beingpowered by electric it is cost effective and can be recharged using renewable energy sources.The craft can also be deployed in hard to reach locations such as caves and narrow windingsand can be used in search and rescue.There is international demand for this product from lifeguard organisations and sports andleisure businesses running water based events. The Asap Rescue Hero has an innovativeenclosed propulsion system which prevents injury from blades and makes it safe to use in awide range of environments.This project is to fully develop the propulsion system and make 10 pre production prototypesfor evaluation in different rescue scenarios.The initial business plan is to manufacture the units in the UK and sell up to 1000 units perannum within 5 years with over half being exported to target territories including Australia,South Africa and Europe. The key focus is to save lives, but the unit has a wider downstreamapplication as a leisure craft, which will generate revenues which can be used not only togrow the business, but also to support provision to the rescue sector.