Station 8 was called by Alan Battley of HBYC to assist with the yacht Chessie which had suffered rudder failure 17NM off Hout Bay. She was sailing in the round world race for cruising boats called World ARC. Her next ...
Port Elizabeth – Wednesday, 24 November, 2010. Patient casualty evacuated at sea and two boats and their crews are rescued.At 04h41 Sea Rescue Port Elizabeth volunteers were called out after a request for medical assistance from the fishing vessel Desert ...
Sea Rescue – Bot River – Thursday, 25 November, 2010. One survivor found and one man missing after boat capsizes on the Bot River Lagoon.At 06h20 this morning Hermanus volunteers were called out following a report to the Metro EMS ...
UCT students were rescued by alert bystanders in Camps Bay.Three University of Cape Town students, Marks Mhlafu, 19 of Butterfield, Bright Mahlangu, 21, of Mpumalanga and Stephen Mokhua, 19, of Bloemfontein, were swept out to sea at Camps Bay Beach.They ...
It was a busy weekend for the volunteer crews around the country. Three people were rescued by crews from Gordons Bay and Richards Bay, and Shelly Beach helped with a search for three people missing after a peddle boat capsized.On ...
Two men drowned at the Wolfgat Nature Reserve on the False Bay coast near Monwabisi beach, at noon yesterday. The spot, on a stretch of coast notorious for drownings, is well known for strong rip currents.The men were part of ...
Follow-up: Sea Rescue – Cape Town Sunday, 24 October, 2010. Sea Rescue operation successful. Andre Beuste, NSRI Sea Rescue helicopter Unit (SRHU) station commander, said: The sea rescue operation (see press release below), to evacuate an ill Captain off his ...
Sea Rescue – False Bay – Saturday, 16 October, 2010. Fisherman dies and two fellow fishermen rescued.Mario Fredericks, Sea Rescue Strandfontein station commander, said: “At 08h14 Sea Rescue Strandfontein and Sea Rescue Simonstown, the Metro Ambulance and Rescue Services, the ...
Sea Rescue – Hermanus – Thursday, 14 October, 2010. 6 sea-kayakers rescued on whale watching paddle.Deon Langenhoven, Sea Rescue Hermanus duty coxswain, said: “At 14h41 Sea Rescue Hermanus volunteers and the Metro Ambulance and Rescue Services were activated following a ...
Sea Rescue – East London – Tuesday, 12 October, 2010. Yacht rescued from Storm.Geoff McGreggor, Sea Rescue East London station commander said: “At 05h15 the Sea Rescue East London volunteer duty crew were activated following a request for urgent assistance ...
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