Simon’s Town NSRI was requested by Kalk Bay harbour master, Pat Stacey, to go to the assistance of a boat in Fish Hoek which had a great white shark entangled in lines attached to her sea snail traps . On scene the 5.5 metre rescue boat, Eddie Beaumont II, was unable to assist in the untangling of the dead 4,3 metre female great white and escorted the boat that had asked for assistance back to Simons Town.
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Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simons Town station commander, said: At 20h43, Wednesday, 11 November, NSRI Simons Town duty crew were activated to respond to the NSRI Simons Town station 10 rescue base to prepare to launch rescue craft on an emergency ...
At 17h47, Wednesday, 11 November, NSRI Yzerfontein duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a local commercial fishing vessel, with 5 local male crew onboard, reporting motor mechanical failure deep-sea offshore of Yzerfontein. ...
Roy Wienand, NSRI Durban coxswain, said: At 11h07, Tuesday, 10 November, NSRI Durban and NSRI Ballito duty crews were activated following reports of an SOS distress signal received from a paddler on a surf-ski 20 nautical miles offshore of Ballito. ...