Gepa Fiberglass General Coordinator Barbaros Onur announced that the tests of the new generation GRP rescue boat G-RB4 project, which they started to develop in 2021, according to the LSA code, were completed under the supervision of DNV.
Onur pointed out that the design and production of the 6-person GRP hull rescue boat with a length of 5.41 meters and a width of 1.76 meters was carried out entirely within the body of Gepa. “Our rescue boat, which we started to produce with 40 HP and 60 HP outboard engine options, reaches a maximum cruising speed of 13 knots when fully loaded.”
Onur stated that the design and manufacture of the unsinkable and self-righting G-RB4 was carried out by the LSA code and SOLAS rules. “G-RB4 is the first DNV class approved rescue boat in Turkey.”