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At 14h04 on Tuesday 10 December the Table Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority to assist the 54 foot yacht IN FLAGRANTI, sailing from last Port of call East London to Cape Town, reporting a lost motor propeller and requiring assistance into port.Pat van Eyssen, NSRI Table Bay station commander, said 'Our duty crew launched SPIRIT OF VODACOM and on arrival on-scene, off the Mouille Point lighthouse, a tow line was rigged and the yacht, carrying a crew of 2 men and a woman, was towed safely into Port and berthed without incident.'Pictures by Paula Leech/NSRI.Table Bay 21Table Bay 23
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