Sunday 06th November 2011. Multiple calls:STATION 5, DURBAN / STATION 11, PORT ALFRED / STATION 12, KNYSNA:Durban:At 11h03 on Saturday 05th November NSRI Durban’s duty crew launched the sea rescue boat MEGAN II and rendezvous with the Dutch yacht SAGNO ...
HERMANUS – Thursday 03 October 2011.At approximately 14h00 NSRI Hermanus sea rescue crew were called out following reports of a drowning in progress at Onrus Beach, near Hermanus.Our volunteer crew responded to our sea rescue station to prepare to launch ...
Station 19 Richards Bay:The volunteers at station 19, Richards Bay, had a long night with not much sleep.They were called by Richards Bay Port Control at 23h55 to tow a yacht that was four miles off-shore. Spirit of Richards Bay ...
Wednesday 02 November 2011.At 13h57 on Wednesday 02 November NSRI St Francis Bay volunteer duty crew were called out following reports of a drowning in progress at Main Beach, St Francis Bay.We launched our sea rescue craft Spirit of St ...
PORT EDWARD 31ST OCTOBER 2011:At 13h15 on Monday 31st October volunteer sea rescue crew were called out following reports of a woman being swept out to sea in rip-currents at Silver Beach.Our duty crew responded to our sea rescue base ...
VAAL DAM – Saturday 29th October 2011. Six rescued and in a separate incident a father and son trapped on Island:At approximately 17h00 on Saturday 29th October our Vaal Dam volunteer crew were called out following eye-witness reports of a ...
YZERFONTEIN – Saturday 29th October 2011. Fisherman suffers fatal heart attack:At 12h34 on Saturday 29th October our duty crew, on routine duty and at the main slip-way at Yzerfontein harbour, were alerted by the skipper of a 6.5 meter Snoek ...
EAST LONDON – Saturday 29th October 2011.At 08h15 our NSRI East London sea rescue volunteer duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of red distress flares sighted off-shore of Nahoon Point and the call-out escalated to reports that the craft ...
Friday 28 October 2011:Simon’s Town’s deep sea rescue boat Spirit of Safmarine III launched at 14h30 to assist the Kalk Bay fishing vessel Alma-Lucy, reporting engine failure 5 miles South of Cape Point. She had 9 crew on-board.Safmarine III reached ...
KNYSNA HEADS – Thursday 27th October 2011. Two separate parties swept out to sea through Knysna Heads in strong spring tide rip-currents:At 18h18 NSRI Knysna volunteer duty crew were called out following reports of surf-skiers reportedly in difficulty in Knysna ...
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