MOSSEL BAY FRIDAY 23rd DECEMBER 2011 COLLISION AT SEA:At 13h53 NSRI Mossel Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew were called out by the Transnet National Ports Authority following reports of a collision between two boats 300 meters off Dias Beach ...
The motor yacht Silk Knot called for assistance after getting her anchor fouled with another crafts abandoned anchor chain off Clifton’s 4th beach. No matter what they tried they could not free the anhor and then decided to call Sea ...
CAPE INFANTA THURSDAY 22nd DECEMBER 2011.At 12h20 NSRI Agulhas and NSRI Witsand volunteer duty crews were called out after a request for assistance from two paddlers reporting to have capsized and drifting at sea clinging onto their double sea kayak ...
CHINESE LANTERNS MISTAKEN FOR RED DISTRESS FLARES – NSRI ARE MAKING AN URGENT APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC NOT TO SET OFF CHINESE LANTERNS:Chinese Lanterns are made out of a balsa wood or thin wire frame, a paper shell and a ...
JEFFREYS BAY TUESDAY 20th DECEMBER 2011.At 12h07 NSRI St Francis Bay volunteers were called out following a request for medical assistance from the Chokka fishing boat LAZARUS. A 50 year old Port Elizabeth crewman onboard had a suspected CVA (Cerebro ...
WITSAND WEDNESDAY 21 DECEMBER 2011.At 06h26 NSRI Witsand volunteer sea rescue duty crew were called out following reports of a boat capsized at 'The Bar' (a semi submerged sand bar just off the Breede River Mouth). Two men were reported ...
VAAL DAM Friday and Monday, 16th and 19th DECEMBER, 2011. Incidents at Vaal Dam:At 17h10 on Friday 16th December our NSRI Vaal Dam duty crew were called out following reports of a woman who was injured north of the Vaal ...
MELKBOSSTRAND FRIDAY 16th DECEMBER 2011.At 16h20 NSRI Melkbosstrand volunteer sea rescue duty crew, while on routine duty stand-by at our sea rescue station, were called by a group of children who came running towards our sea rescue station shouting that ...
AGULHAS TUESDAY 13th DECEMBER 2011.At 18h30 on Tuesday 13th December NSRI Agulhas volunteer sea rescue crew were called out for a dinghy being blown out to sea off De Damme, between Struisbaai and Hermanus in the Buffeljags area.Two of our ...
Update:The 'mystery' object is a Yokohama fender used in harbours or against ships at sea.PORT ALFRED Monday 12th DECEMBER 2011:At 10h26 on Monday, 12th December NSRI Port Alfred were called out to investigate an eye-witness report of a large object ...
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