Richards Bay Crewman Jacques Kruger organised an exercise with the Offshore Sailing Academy. This is his story.Offshore Sailing Academy has recently donated Sea Rescue 10 slots on their combo course which includes Yacht hand & Day skipper, I was fortunate ...
At 03h00 on Friday, 8 July NSRI assisted police in searching for a missing Pretoria man, feared drowned at Ramsgate Beach on the KZN south coast.Sea conditions were too rough to launch, so shore patrols were conducted during the night ...
At 10h28 (Friday, 08 July) our NSRI Port Edward volunteer crew assisted 2 men on a 5.5 meter rubber-duck experiencing engine failure off the Port Edward Lighthouse.In rough 3 to 3.5 meter sea swells and a 10 to 15 knot ...
On Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th NSRI Jeffreys Bay crew received reports of red distress flares, seen by eye-witnesses in the early evening on both occasions. An extensive search on both nights revealed no sign of any persons or craft ...
'This ball is continuing to grow with every trip I make'. Peter de VriesOcean Minded South Africa ran a competition in our Sea Rescue Magazine where people told us what they do to preserve the environment.Congratulations to the ...
The Rotary Club of Table Bay has presented Ian Wienburg with a Paul Harris Fellow award.The award was created in memory of Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, as a way to show appreciation for contributions to Rotary's charitable and ...
Station 18 Melkbosstrand’s Bravo crew did a training session last weekend on the Bulk Carrier Sophie while she was moored at H berth in Cape Town Harbour.The scenario was that we had to treat numerous medical injuries. The ship’s crew ...
Dr Deborah Robertson-AnderssonIt’s that time of the year when the stormy sea conditions off the Cape coast line wash juvenile (and occasionally sub-adult) turtles onto the beaches of the Western Cape where they are discovered by concerned members of the ...
We use Altech Netstar trackers on our Sea Rescue boats so that we know exactly where they are at all times. In bad weather, when communications are not clear, the trackers provide piece of mind for the rescue crews. Just ...
A group of 11 surf-skiers were escorted into Richards Bay by our rescue boats, The Spirit of Richards Bay, The Spirit of Round Table and Rotary Ann after they paddled 250 km from Kosi Bay to Richards Bay to raise ...
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