At 07h00, Sunday, 15 March, while NSRI had launched to provide logistics support to a group of jet-skiers we were activated when an NSRI trainee crew person noticed a swimmer in distress in the channel at Pelican Island. ...
NSRI Simons Town duty crew were activated Sunday following a request for assistance from a local yachtsman, a solo sailor, reporting that his sailing yacht had suffered rudder failure while sailing South of Cape Point. ...
NSRI Bakoven and NSRI Table Bay duty crews were activated Sunday following eyewitness reports of 2 young males appearing to be in distress offshore of Cosy Bay Beach, Oudekraal. ...
NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated Sunday following a request for medical assistance from a local fishing vessel reporting a crewman onboard seriously injured in a fall onboard the fishing vessel. ...
NSRI Kommetjie duty crew, NSRI Hout Bay duty crew and the CoCT (City of Cape Town) water rescue network were activated Friday 13 March following eyewitness reports of 2 teenagers appearing to be in distress in the surf zone at ...
NSRI St Lucia duty crew were activated Monday following a request for assistance from a local charter fishing boat reporting motor mechanical failure. ...
An American man has gone missing in the rough seas off Diaz Beach near Cape Point in Cape Town ...
NSRI teams across Durban, Richards Bay, and Gqeberha successfully executed three high-stakes medical evacuations this week, including a dramatic helicopter hoist in rough seas and two offshore vessel-to-vessel transfers. ...
NSRI Mossel Bay were alerted Sunday by TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) Mossel Bay Harbour Port Control following reports from a private craft of a boat that had lost motor power requiring assistance. ...
When British model builder Douglas Twine began his first-ever model lifeboat, he never imagined his project would lead him into the history and heart of South Africa’s NSRI. His working-scale model of the Brede class lifeboat is more than a ...
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