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Station 5 Durban rescue crew Ashley St Claire-Laing,Richard Gibbs and Karen Kennedy were present for the lucky draw - and the winner is Chantele Naidoo from Durban. Congratulations ! Station 5 Durban rescue crew Ashley St Clair-Laing, Richard Gibbs and Karen Kennedy were present for the lucky draw - and the winner of the ATG waterproof bag is Chantele Naidoo from Durban. Congratulations ! Pic: Brian St Clair-Laing
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Station 5 Durban's Ashley St.Clair-Laing gives a helping hand and makes sure all the competitors are home safely in Sunday's Coca-Cola Cardboard Boat Race that was the main attraction at this year's Durban International Boat and Lifestyle Show. Pic: Sophie ThompsonLook, it Look, it's an NSRI 'buoy'. Karen Kennedy from NSRI Durban did a splendid job as the first marker that the competitors had to round during the Coca-Cola Cardboard Boat Race at the Durban International Boat and Lifestyle Show. Fourteen boats took to the water over the two days (two separate races) and only five boats managed to remain seaworthy completing the race over 150m. Pic: Sophie Thompson And... Ian helped out at the Honda stand. And... Ian helped out at the Honda stand.Captain, Captain, we are going down. Chris Crozier’s boat Captain Sparrow starts to disintegrate as he paddles his heart out to try and finish the race in Sunday’s Coca-Cola Cardboard Boat Race at the Durban International Boat and Lifestyle Show. NSRI rescue 5 were on standby keeping an eye on the event.
'Captain, Captain, we are going down. Chris Crozier’s boat Captain Sparrow starts to disintegrate as he paddles his heart out to try and finish the race in Sunday’s Coca-Cola Cardboard Boat Race at the Durban International Boat and Lifestyle Show. NSRI Durban was on standby keeping an eye on the event.' Pic: Sophie Thompson
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