Station 17 was activated on 04/08/2011 to evacuate an injured seaman off a large fishing vessel called Toralla. At 17h00 Hunters Gold Rescuer launched and headed out to the fishing vessel that was about two and a half miles out. They soon met up with Toralla and with about a 3 meter swell running, they managed to transfer the seaman safely to Hunter Gold Rescuer and headed for the safety of the harbour. He was transfered to an awaiting vehicle and station 17 stood down.
Two near drowning accidents: Plett
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Four nautical miles off the Port of Durban, NSRI Durban crew carried out a maritime medical evacuation on Saturday, 26 September, bringing an injured seafarer safely ashore for further treatment. ...
A man has died after getting into difficulty while bodyboarding at Kenton-on-Sea middle beach on Friday, 25 September, despite the efforts of three Good Samaritans and NSRI Port Alfred crew to save his life ...
Congratulations to Charles Booysen, who took this cracking good photograph of a humpback whale breaching in False Bay, while a 73-year-old man who called for help by activating SafeTrx was rescued by Station 10 Simon’s Town volunteers on the 25th ...