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Four of our Class 1 big boat coxswains are in Cape Town this weekend. The course starts off in the SAMTRA simulator. Then night exercises on unfamiliar rescue boats, with unfamiliar crew in unfamiliar waters. It's going to be a long and busy weekend.Thanks for taking time off work and giving up precious family time to be here.class 01 01 Brett Ayres (HQ) with Class 1 coxswains: Steve Thomas (Simonstown), Deon Langenhoven (Hermanus), Adrian James (PE) and Lorenzo Taverna-Turisan (Durban)SAMTRA simulator SAMTRA simulatorArriving at Simonstown for night exercise Friday evening, arriving at Simonstown for night exerciseDuty crew from the host station in Simonstown will join the exercise on their new 6.5m craft "spirit of Surfski 2" maiden voyage Duty crew from the host station in Simonstown will join the exercise on their new 6.5m craft 'Spirit of Surfski 2' maiden voyage. Back: Joshua Spreeth, Luke Selk, Sharon Crowther. Front: Coxswain Tim Hart, Antoinette Koen and Deputy Statcom Louis DuimelaarIt It's cold and windy... and it's going to be a long night Saturday evening, and they are visiting Station 8 Hout Bay Saturday evening, and they are visiting Station 8 Hout Bay Class 01 08
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