This week Ian Klopper, ex-Kommetjie Station Commander, was awarded Sea Rescue’s Directors thanks for his exceptional service to Sea Rescue.This is the citation:The directors of the National Sea Rescue Institute accord their thanks to Ian Klopper on the occasion of ...
Port Alfred's new 8.5 metre rescue boat, Lotto Challenger, passed the final test today in Cape Town. The Bollard test, measuring her ability to withstand the rigors of towing, was over in minutes and she passed with flying colours.Before the ...
The Hout Bay deep sea rescue boat, MTU-Nadine Gordimer's refit at Tree Tops Marine just outside of Cape Town is going well.She is being stripped at the moment; the rudders are being worked on and the hull is being cleaned ...
The usual Tuesday crew meeting at Station 5, Durban, this week was a meeting with a difference as long services awards were presented to a number of the volunteers.Regional Director Eddie Noyons attended the meeting and handed each recipient their ...
Vincent Tee, the owner of Caltex Wavelands in Jeffreys Bay, kindly donated the use of his Car Wash facility to the Crew of Station 37, Jeffreys Bay, for Saturday morning 7 April 2012.After being up most of the night searching ...
Station 6, Port Elizabeth, were really busy this weekend at the Great Outdoor Expo held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.The outdoor expo provides a platform for a variety of businesses to show their trades – from hospitality to 4x ...
WaterWise, the educational arm of Sea Rescue, aimed at teaching water safety to children, asks parents to be particularly vigilant over the Easter weekend.The long term weather prediction for most of the country during the weekend is for rain. WaterWise ...
Over the past weekend some of Richards Bay crew were introduced to handling a four metre RIB in a controlled environment. They were put through various training exercises including surf launching and beach approaches on the seaward side of Pelican ...
Massmart recently donated 400 plastic armchairs which will be used in the training rooms at our Rescue Bases around the country. In most instances our bases do not have space for a permanent set up and so these stackable chairs ...
Lyonesse, the 10 metre Brede Class lifeboat, which will serve the NSRI at Mossel Bay was today sailed from Cape Town harbour to Hout Bay where the electrical work as well as interior woodwork will be done. This will take ...
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