SEA RESCUE – LANGEBAAN – Wednesday, 28th DECEMBER, 2011. FALSE ALARM WITH A DIFFERENCE:At 19h00 on Wednesday, 28th December NSRI Mykonos volunteer sea rescue duty crew and Metro EMS were activated following numerous eye-witness reports of what appeared to be ...
NATIONAL – TUESDAY, 27th DECEMBER, 2011. CAPSIZE HOBIE ASSISTED AND SEARCH REVEALS POSSIBLE FALSE ALARM WITH GOOD INTENTIONS:PORT ELIZABETHPort Elizabeth duty crew were called out at 18h37 on Tuesday, 27th December following eye-witness reports from an Alberton family at a ...
National MONDAY, 26th DECEMBER, 2011. Incidents: East London, Wilderness, Simonstown, Hermanus, Melkbosstrand:All of these incidents happened on Monday 26th December:EAST LONDONAt 14h00 NSRI East London duty crew were called out following a request for assistance from the 6.5 meter fishing ...
PORT ALFRED and PORT EDWARD SATURDAY 24th DECEMBER 2011. 2 incidents:PORT ALFRED:At 06h50 NSRI Port Alfred volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following an off-duty NSRI volunteer witnessing a boat capsize in the Kowie River Mouth with 5 persons ...
National SUNDAY 25th DECEMBER 2011. Incidents: East London, Wilderness, Richards Bay:EAST LONDONGeoff McGregor, NSRI East London station commander, said:At 09h55 on Sunday, 25th December NSRI East London duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at Morgan ...
Table Bay's Spirit of Vodacom was called out by the National Ports Authority to assist the catamaran Namara into Cape Town Harbour. Namara, stuck in a windless pocket with no engines was unable to make her way into port. Spirit ...
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 ...
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