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At 09h00 on Thursday the 8th of August NSRI Agulhas volunteer duty crew were activated by the Struis Baai harbour authority following reports of the whale watching boat NO SPARES sinking in the harbour with no crew onboard from unknown causes.'Our NSRI Agulhas volunteer sea rescue duty crew responded and set up water pumps to drain the water from the boat and the boat has been saved from sinking and she has been secured.This picture is downloadable from Sea Rescue's Flickr page.The water is pumped from . Picture Reinard Geldenhuis / NSRI The water is pumped from No Spares. Picture Reinard Geldenhuis / NSRI
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