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NEWS  | Published: 24 October 2011

Colorpress Too for Still Bay

Still Bay station commander Enrico Menezies watches Linda Elliott during the official naming of Colorpress Too.Still Bay’s new 4.2 metre rescue boat, Colorpress Too, was officially launched on Saturday. After short speeches by the Deputy Mayor, NSRI Regional Director ...

Wally
NEWS  | Published: 23 October 2011

RIP Wally Hyman

Wally Hyman 25 July 1947 to 22 October 2011Wally's funeral will take place this Friday 28 October 2011 at 10:00 at St Georges Anglican church in Knysna. His ashes will be scattered in the Heads on Saturday.Wally Hyman, long time ...

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EDUCATION  | Published: 23 October 2011

NSRI SAFETY MESSAGE

BOATERS AND PADDLERS:Launching your craft in fine weather could see you fighting through a major storm only hours later and we therefore urge anyone making use of the sea and on inland waters to carefully check weather forecasts before launching ...

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NEWS  | Published: 21 October 2011

GULLIVER’S life-raft found

WITSAND – Friday, 21 October, 2011: Yacht GULLIVER’S life-raft found.Pictures for media use can be found on the Sea Rescue Flickr site. Please credit NSRI.Attie Gunter, NSRI Witsand station commander, said:'At around 5 a.m. This morning (21 October, 2011) local ...

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NEWS  | Published: 21 October 2011

Vaal Dam does good deed

The volunteers at Vaal Dam were checking their rescue boat Harvey’s Fibreglass, after its refit, when Station Commander Dick Manten got a call for help from Anton Hugo. After mooring the boat to a jetty, the Johannesburg University Island caretaker ...

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NEWS  | Published: 20 October 2011

Coxswain training at Durban

Last weekend two training coxswains from Richards Bay, Jaco vd Walt & Fred Erasmus with crew, Werner Smit, Ernst Bohm & Chrissy vd Walt, travelled to Durban to participate in a theory and practical introduction to handling a 4metre rescue ...

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NEWS  | Published: 20 October 2011

Life Boat Circle Patagonia talk

Life Boat Circle members were treated to a fascinating talk at Sea Rescue head office by three of Cape Town’s cold water swimmers, part of a group of five friends, who in February 2011 set a world record by swimming ...

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NEWS  | Published: 19 October 2011

DSTV 'care more' campaign

You can help Sea Rescue to win a donation of R200 000 by sending a sms saying 'care NSRI' to 32512The DSTV 'Care More' campaign closes on the 28 October 2011 so there is no time to lose. You can ...

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NEWS  | Published: 18 October 2011

Life Boat Circle winners

Danie and Alsabe Erasmus, from Heather Park, George, were the lucky winner's of the two nights accommodation at the Protea Hotel Franschhoek. The Garden Route's Life Boat Circle ran a competition for new member enrolments, entry forms were published in ...

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NEWS  | Published: 17 October 2011

Helicopter Underwater Escape Training

The simulator turns upside down in the pool - and the Sea Rescue volunteers must swim out.Four Sea Rescue Helicopter Unit (SRHU) crew members from Port Elizabeth traveled to Cape Town for a weekend of training with the local ...

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