16 June 2012:During the night the 11m yacht White Eagle incurred damage to its mast, making it impossible for the crew to use their sails. They used their inboard motor in an attempt to get to Hermanus, but the increasing ...
DURBAN Saturday 16th June 2012.Durban volunteer sea rescue crew were called out at 14h16 following a request for assistance from the 10 meter Catamaran Auberge, with 2 men onboard because their motors had accidentally fouled in a shark net just ...
Friday 15th June 2012.Port Elizabeth volunteers were placed on alert to be ready for a pending call-out following a request for medical assistance from the 320 meter oil tanker Saiq, sailing from Angola to Mauritius. Their 25 year old 2nd ...
Wednesday 12th June 2012.NSRI Port Alfred duty crew were called out to help the local 'Multi Security Company' and the Police who were searching for a 14 year old youth from Kleinemond who had last been seen at 15h00 but ...
TABLE BAY Monday 11th June 2012. Fisherman casualty evacuated off fishing trawler:Table Bay duty crew and METRO EMS were called out following a request for medical assistance from the local Long Line fishing trawler Shoal Fish for a 50 year ...
On Saturday Richards Bay stood by on Lake Mzingazi for the airshow in Richards Bay. The airfield borders on a lake and the Richards Bay volunteers stood by in case a plane was forced to ditch into it. NSRI was ...
DURBAN Sunday 10th June 2012.At 14h15 the Durban duty crew, who were at the NSRI sea rescue base busy with routine maintenance and training, were called-out following a request for assistance from the Point Yacht Club safety boat for the ...
VICTORIA LAKE Sunday 10th June 2012.Victoria Lake NSRI volunteers were called out following eye-witness reports of a canoe capsized on Victoria Lake, Germiston, and according to eye-witnesses the canoeist had disappeared under water close to the Germiston Golf club and ...
PORT ELIZABETH Thursday 07th June 2012.UPDATE:The 12 foot fishing vessel that capsized 1.5 nautical miles off-shore, between The Willows and Schoenmakerskop, approximately 18 nautical miles west of Port Elizabeth, is the Tracy Jane. She was skippered by local fisherman Andre ...
TABLE BAY PORT Thursday 07th June 2012.NSRI were alerted that Police Divers were responding to Table Bay breakwater following reports that a man had been swept off the breakwater by waves and disappeared.At 12h35 NSRI Table Bay were placed on ...
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