Proficiency in the use of Life Rafts was introduced to Sea Rescue to ensure that crews on the larger rescue vessels would know exactly how to react should their rescue boat have to be abandoned at sea, and how best to help those who have abandoned ship and taken to their life rafts.The latest course, run at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s Survival Centre in Mouille Point, covered skills such as survival techniques, both in and out of the water, launching and boarding the life raft, understanding the purpose of the various fittings, and use of the equipment such as distress signals and radios.The courses involve loads of practical exercises and are a lot of fun for the participants while they learn.They are SAMSA approved and are presented to the NSRI by CPUT in Cape Town, Siyaloba Academy in Port Elizabeth, and Unicorn Training School in Durban.
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