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VIDEO / 10 FEBRUARY 2014

How the NSRI was started:

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Retired Still Bay fisherman Gerhard Dreyer tells of a terrible storm in which 17 men lost their lives off Still Bay. It was after this incident that The Master Mariners Society donated money for the first Sea Rescue boat to be bought ... and the long tradition of volunteering at the NSRI started.Gerhard

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