Two local men are safe after NSRI Shelly Beach crew towed their disabled jet-ski to Ramsgate Beach on Friday, 16 October, after it drifted about 4.5 kilometres offshore of Southbroom Beach.
NSRI Shelly Beach station commander Glen Preston said that at 08h40 on Friday, 16 October, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from two local men on a jet-ski. It was reportedly disabled by a suspected mechanical or electrical failure, and the men reported that they were about 1 kilometre offshore of Ramsgate.
The duty crew responded to the NSRI Shelly Beach Station 20 rescue base, where the rescue craft Spirit of Dawn was launched.
On arrival in the area, the crew located the two men 4.5 kilometres offshore of Southbroom Beach. They were safe, but adrift on their jet-ski without motor power, and unable to restart the motor.
The crew towed them safely to Ramsgate Beach without incident. Once ashore, the men recovered their jet-ski, and the rescue craft returned to base at 10h42.
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