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While having breakfast on Sunday morning in Plett, Derek Frielinghaus, an ex Plettenberg Bay station commander, heard the siren for a Sea Rescue call out ... a boat was overturned in the river mouth. It took just on 3 minutes for the rescue boat to hit the water... for what turned out to be a false alarm with good intentions.Derek took pictures of the launch : launching ...
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