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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 19 January 2016

Fishing trawler crew rescued from their life raft are safe:

SEA RESCUE – NSRI – STATION 10, Simonstown. STATION 26, Kommetjie. STATION 8, Hout Bay. STATION 29, ASR (Air Sea Rescue)SEA RESCUE – Cape Point – Tuesday, 19th January. All 14 crew of a fishing trawler rescued from their life ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 15 January 2016

Hiker rescued in Plett

Deon Truter, NSRI Plettenberg Bay station commander, said: At 15h30, Thursday, 14th January, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from Cape Nature Conservation officers for a 46 year old Port Elizabeth man fallen and ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 14 January 2016

Simon's Town assists yacht:

At approximately 16:45 on 12 January 2015 NSRI Simon's Town received a call from a yachtsman sailing his yacht MekToub single handed from Mossel Bay to Simon's Town saying that he had engine trouble and was was considering anchoring in ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 13 January 2016

Man missing, presumed drowned

At 16h45 on Monday the 12th of January, NSRI Hartbeespoort Dam duty crew were activated following reports from the Transvaal Yacht Club of a drowning in progress on the dam in front of the Transvaal Yacht Club.NSRI Hartbeespoort Dam duty ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 12 January 2016

Distress flare mystery, Kommetjie. Fishermen rescued, Paternoster:

SEA RESCUE – Western Cape – Tuesday, 12th January. KOMMETJIE:A search commenced at 23h32, Sunday on 10th January, following credible eye-witness reports of 3 red distress flares fired in succession approximately 6 minutes apart off-shore between Kommetjie and Scarborough.NSRI Kommetjie ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 10 January 2016

National Incidents

TABLE BAY and YZERFONTEIN:On Friday afternoon, 08th January, NSRI Bakoven launched the sea rescue craft Rotarian Schipper on a request to deliver a tracking device to the peddle boat Herbivore reportedly departed from The Royal Cape Yacht Club, with a ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 10 January 2016

Inland Rescues

HARTBEESPOORT DAM: A Search and Rescue operation was initiated on the afternoon of Saturday, 09th January, following a concerned family member reporting family overdue while boating on Hartbeespoort Dam in a severe thunderstorm, with large hail stones.While preparing to launch ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 6 January 2016

A teenager is missing, presumed to have drowned:

At 18h45, Tuesday, 05 January, NSRI Gordons Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following reports of a drowning in progress at Dappat se Gat, Kogel Bay.The sea rescue craft Spirit of Surfski was launched ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 5 January 2016

Western Cape Rescues

CAPE POINT:At 17h30 on Monday the 4th of January, NSRI Air Sea Rescue (ASR) were activated following reports of a 37 year old Hout Bay fisherman suffered serious injuries and reportedly trapped in a winch aboard the Hout Bay fishing ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 3 January 2016

Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd January:

STATION 37, Jeffreys Bay. STATION 9, Gordons Bay. STATION 17, Hermanus. STATION 10, Simonstown. STATION 20, Shelly Beach. STATION 5, Durban. SEA RESCUE – National – Sunday, 03 January. Jeffreys Bay, Paternoster, Kleinmond, Simonstown, Shelly beach, Durban: JEFFREYS BAY: At ...

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