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MOSSEL BAY:Andre Fraser, NSRI Mossel Bay station commander, said:At 15h08, Thursday, 29th December, NSRI Mossel Bay duty crew dispatched the sea rescue craft Vodacom Rescuer IV following multiple eye-witness reports of red distress flares sighted about a nautical mile off-shore of Mossel Bay harbour being fired from an overturned Hobie-Cat.A local paragliding pleasure ski-boat also responded to assist and on our arrival on the scene they had assisted the 2 male sailors to right their Hobie-Cat and we escorted them to shore without incident and they required no further assistance.TO REPORT A SEA RESCUE EMERGENCY DIAL 112 FROM A CELLPHONEPicture Andrew Ingram / Sea Rescue Picture Andrew Ingram / Sea Rescue
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