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 ...
PORT ELIZABETH – TUESDAY 25th OCTOBER 2011At 07h30 today, Tuesday 25 October, our Port Elizabeth volunteers were called out to rendezvous with the 200 meter bulk carrier MANDARIN EAGLE, sailing from Gabon to Singapore. They had requested urgent medical assistance ...
BETTY'S BAY – Saturday, 22nd October, 2011. 2 sea-kayakers rescued from rough seas:At 22h07 on Saturday, 22 October, NSRI Gordon's Bay volunteer duty crew were called out following reports of people suspected to be in trouble on the water about ...
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