UPDATE:A big thank you to all who contributed to NSRI during the auction at Chez Patrick at The Port during the St Francis Titanic dinner which raised R6550.00.Restaurant owner, Patrick Howitt, very kindly added in to the auction kitty to make the total a round R10 000 which will go to St Francis Bay NSRI.Prints of the painting of Spirit of St Francis II, Into The Storm ( by Miekhala Van Der Schyft), which was bought by Patrick Howitt ... are still available ...10% of sales goes to NSRI. Please contact Sara Jane Smith <sarah@sfff.co.za> if you are interested in a print.
ORIGINAL REPORT:Please support St Francis Bay, Station 21, at a fundraising dinner commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.Themed on the authentic menu from the Captain's Table, 10 courses with paired wine, for R750 a head at Chez Patrick at The Port.For more information call 042 2940121
Helicopter exercise at Richards Bay:
Read MoreNorman Rautenbach, NSRI Richards Bay station commander, said: At 14h29, Monday, 19 October, NSRI Richards Bay duty crew were placed on alert to prepare for a maritime medical evacuation operation for 3 male seafarers injured onboard a 292-meter bulk carrier ...
A 48-year-old man from Belgium is expected to be discharged from hospital today after a non-fatal drowning incident at a remote beach between Brenton-on-Sea and Buffalo Bay on Monday afternoon. The man, on a cycling holiday with his family, is ...
On Saturday morning, NSRI Port Nolloth volunteers on a routine training exercise responded when a local mining vessel raised concern for three of her crew who had gone ashore on their RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) and not been heard ...