Two new rescue boats, Spirit of Surfski 3 and Grinrod Rescuer, both 4.7m Gemini made rigid inflatable boats (RIBs), left yesterday with our boat transporter to Durban and Richards Bay. The boats, which are designed for inshore surf rescue work ...
On Sunday our Durban crew practiced anchor drills, boat handling within the surf, rope work and setting up a tow line. Trainee coxswains worked on deploying crew within the surf and recovering crew from within the surf zone.This training is ...
Tom and Maureen Clarkson of Yzerfontein with former Station Commander, Rudi RogersWe spent the day with our crew from Station 34 Yzerfontein, their neighbours from Station 4 Mykonos, Rotarians, members of the local community and a number of donors ...
A generous businessman has left two multimillion-pound Ferraris to the UK Sea Rescue service, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in his will.The two 1960s cars, valued at £2 million and £6 million, were a bequest from Northamptonshire-basedRichard Colton, a prominent ...
Against the odds NSRI Strandfontein’s Robin Fortuin rescued 6 people from drowning in a rip current at Monwabisi beach.The Centrum Guardians project recognises emergency service personnel who have excelled during a rescue operation and the winning rescue - voted for ...
Our crew from Station 5 Durban have spent the weekend at the Boat Show, which included a really fun activity where boats are built out of cardboard and duct tape, then races through the shallows. A few of our volunteers ...
Sunday, 19th July. Caution urged in Jeffreys Bay following shark encounter: NSRI are urging bathers and surfers to exercise caution in the waters of Jeffreys Bay following an incident where a surfer had a near encounter with a shark while ...
At NSRI… every day is Mandela Day. Our Sea Rescue crew are on standby 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.If you would like to do something special to honour our Sea Rescue crews and our past Patron, Nelson ...
Tonight Station 5 Durban held a training session for trainees. They were shown how to prepare a boat to go to sea and how to operate the winch. Once on the water, the trainees were taken around Durban harbour to ...
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