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NEWS  | Published: 29 July 2011

Spirit of Toft is back

The Port Elizabeth deep Sea Rescue boat, “Spirit of Toft”, is back in the water after her refit.“East Coast Yachts of Durban have done a tremendous job,” said operations manager Mark Hughes, who oversaw the project. “They completed the job ...

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NEWS  | Published: 27 July 2011

Melkbos NSRI Adventure Day

The Melkbos NSRI Adventure Day is a popular annual event and space is limited.This year's event takes place on the 1st October and bookings will open at 07:00 on 1st August.It is a great day for those who love nature ...

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NEWS  | Published: 27 July 2011

Richards Bay base battered

Richards Bay has been experiencing extreme weather conditions over the last 24hrs. The wind was peaking at 70kts with swells breaking 2 miles out to sea. Port Control’s wave rider buoy had waves peaking at over 10m at stages.Fortunately no ...

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NEWS  | Published: 27 July 2011

NSRI AGM

The 44th Annual General Meeting of the National Sea Rescue Institute of South Africa will take place at 18h00 in Auditorium 1 of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town) on Thursday, 18th ...

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NEWS  | Published: 27 July 2011

Hout Bay exercise

The Hout Bay duty crew launched last Sunday for their routine monthly exercise - in 50+ knots of wind. Robert Fine filmed the exercise. Here are some of his pictures. ...

Phoenix
NEWS  | Published: 26 July 2011

SAMSA press release on Salt Rock ship aground

Subsequent to the vessel being removed from the coast off East London, the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) was in communication with the owners to have the MT Phoenix removed from the South African Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).The owners ...

Titan
NEWS  | Published: 25 July 2011

Stuart Burgess and Titan

Stuart Burgess.Stuart Burgess, who has been a volunteer with NSRI since 1992, is joining Dredging International (www.deme.be) as their regional QHSE-S (quality, health, safey, environment and security) manager for Australia, Asia and Oceania. He will be based in Perth.Stuart ...

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NEWS  | Published: 24 July 2011

Sometimes its the rescuers who need rescuing

Rieghard Van Rensburg, Station Commander of JBay writes: 'Today started, pretty much just like any other one of the past 11 days since 14 July; Station 37, Jeffreys Bay have been on active standby at the 2011 Billabong Pro Surfing ...

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NEWS  | Published: 23 July 2011

MySchool/MyVillage to the rescue

The MySchool/MyVillage programme raises around R10 000 per month for Sea Rescue. Supporters swipe their cards each time they shop at Woolworths (or any participating outlet) and the store (not the individual) donates a percentage of the total amount spent ...

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NEWS  | Published: 23 July 2011

Out to sea with Andreas

This morning we had the privilege of spending time with the Pilakoutas family from the Strand. We invited Johnnie and Elaine to bring their children Matthew (15), Andreas (7) and little Stephanie (3) as well as their cousins and a ...

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