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 ...
WITSAND – Friday, 21 October, 2011: Yacht GULLIVER’S life-raft found.Pictures for media use can be found on the Sea Rescue Flickr site. Please credit NSRI.Attie Gunter, NSRI Witsand station commander, said:'At around 5 a.m. This morning (21 October, 2011) local ...
KNYSNA – Friday, 14th and Sunday, 16th October, 2011. 2 youngsters rescued – capsized dinghy, a suspected hoax call and sadly a local cyclist dies following a heart attack:At 18h00 (Friday, 14th October) NSRI Knysna volunteer duty crew were activated ...
PORT EDWARD – Saturday, 15th October, 2011. 2 rescued during whale rescue:At 17h43 NSRI Port Edward volunteer duty crew were activated following reports of a whale wedged in between rocks and trapped at Grannies Pool, Port Edward.NSRI Port Edward volunteer ...
VAAL DAM – Saturday, 15th October, 2011. Yacht capsizes and in a separate incident jet-ski crashes into wall:At 14h01 (Saturday, 15 October) the NSRI Vaal Dam volunteer duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a yacht capsized near Groot ...
KOMMETJIE, PORT ALFRED, STILL BAY, PORT EDWARD, ST FRANCIS BAY, DURBAN, KNYSNA.Thursday, 13 October, 2011.Port Alfred:On Monday, 10th October, at 18h37, NSRI Port Alfred were activated to assist a boat with fuel starvation out at sea. NSRI volunteer Keryn van ...
On Tuesday 11 October Spirit of Safmarine III was called out to assist the 8 metre fishing boat 'Bennie 1'. Her engines had failed 3-4 miles South of Cape Point with 6 persons on board, but she was in no ...
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