At 12h18 NSRI Wilderness volunteers were called out for a woman who fell on rocks at Gerickes Point near Sedgfield while hiking with her husband and their two daughters.NSRI Wilderness volunteers responded to the scene in our 4x4 vehicle, and ...
Transkei – 18 April, 2011: Foreign National missing, presumed drowned:A 21 year old Belgian Citizen, Bavo Verheyden, on a holiday from Louvain in Belgium is missing, presumed drowned, at Ntafufu River Mouth near Port St Johns. His older brother, 2 ...
Sea Rescue crew arrived at Acher Aviation at lunch time on Saturday to attend a briefing on the helicopter, hoist procedures, and the training exercises planned for the day.The first exercise was to transfer NSRI crew by helicopter winching from ...
St Lucia – 19 April, 2011: Fishing boat capsizes with 8 fishermen on board and horseman concussed following fall from his horse:At 08h43 NSRI Richards Bay volunteers were called out following reports of a commercial fishing boat capsized, with ...
Sea Rescue – Port Elizabeth – 16 April, 2011: Man overboard fishing vessel missing:At 01h11 NSRI Port Elizabeth volunteers were called out after the fishing vessel Santa Isabel reported a crewman fallen overboard 40 nautical miles North East of Port ...
At 09h22 NSRI Jeffreys Bay volunteers were called out for a paddler on a sea kayak in difficulty in the surf at Kabeljou Beach, Jeffreys Bay.Our volunteers who were taking part in a Safety and Security Expo at the Fountain ...
Sea Rescue – False Bay – 16 April, 2011: yacht towed and Paddler rescued:At 14h42 NSRI Simon's Town volunteers were called out for a paddler on a surf-ski in difficulty near Whittle Rock, 8 nautical miles South of Simon's Town.GPS ...
At 14h42 NSRI Mykonos volunteers were called out for a rubber-duck that was found floating unmanned between Malgas and North Bay.We launched our rescue craft Gemini Rescuer II to find the skippers training yacht, 34 South, had taken the rubber-duck ...
NSRI Richards Bay received a call from Port Control at 21h07 asking us to assist the yacht Spin Drift as she was aground in the channel on her way to the yacht club.She however, managed to get herself free before ...
Sea Rescue – Simon's Town – 18 April, 2011: 3 fishermen assisted:At 14h50 NSRI Simon's Town volunteers were called out after eye-witness reports of a ski-boat shooting off red distress flares 1 nautical mile off Millers Point near Simonstown.We launched ...
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