Station 34, Yzerfontein, visited Darling Pre-Primary School recently. Volunteers Elizca, Gerhard and Rudi introduced the two groups of children aged between 5&7 to Sea Rescue and what we do.They also spent some time talking about safety around water.Each child had an opportunity to sit on the boat and touch some of the equipment, and each group chose a 'volunteer' to don a lifejacket and helmet, much to everyone’s amusement.
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For close to two hours, two experienced paddlers clung to their capsized surf-ski off Simon's Town, battling 40-knot winds and 2-metre swells with no way to call for help. On Saturday, 12 September, NSRI Simon's Town crew brought them home safely. ...
On Saturday afternoon, NSRI Simon's Town launched a dramatic sea rescue after two experienced paddlers capsized in gale-force winds and rough seas off Fish Hoek, spending close to two hours battling exhaustion and hypothermia before being found. ...