The 10 metre Brede Class lifeboat was brought from Tilbury docks in the United Kingdom to Cape Town harbour at no cost to NSRI because of the generous donations by all who helped with the project.

The ex-RNLI Brede sailed under the name Lyonesse. She will under-go a no frills-refit in Cape Town, where for the next two months she will be fitted with NSRI rescue equipment and resprayed in our colours.

The project to bring the Lochin made boat to Cape Town was managed by NSRI volunteer Andy Connell. With his organizing skills, and the generosity of all who brought the rescue boat to Cape Town, the NSRI will soon have new Brede in Mossel Bay.

NSRI have issued a big thank-you to everybody who donated money to replace the rescue boat that was sadly lost in the Gordon’s Bay boat-yard fire.

The following people made a significant contribution to getting the rescue boat to our shores at no cost:

Jaco Visagie of Safmarine Shipping Line, facilitated the sponsorship with his principles. Simon Thomas & David of Lochin Marine, prepared the lifeboat for her sea voyage and moved her from Newhaven to Tilbury docks. Lucy Hornett of Safmarine UK, helped Lochin and the forwarders get the lifeboat through Tilbury port, Bennie Gilson of Tilbury Container services organized the Stevedoring and lashing of lifeboat onto the flat-rack, David MacLean of Toll Group Perishables, facilitated the forwarding formalities out of England, Craig Garrow and Terence Du Toit of Pronto Clearing, performed the Import clearing formalities and documentation to release the lifeboat in Cape Town, Verdus De Jongh of Transnet Port Terminals, facilitated the discharge from the vessel and lift into the water, Trevor Francke of Diamond Shipping, were agents for the vessel the mv DAL Kalahari, who facilitated the planning operation between Safmarine and the port terminal. Godfrey Fisher of GF Trucking for moving the lifeboat in Cape Town Terminal and turning in the used flat-rack and cradle and Donovan Liedeman of Dole SA for arranging port formalities, entry and NSRI hospitality in the port.

The ex-RNLI lifeboat is lifted into the water at the Cape Town harbour container terminal with the Table Bay rescue boat Spirit of Vodacom standing-by. Picture Andrew Ingram/NSRI.

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“Our NSRI volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched our sea rescue craft JACK RILEY and on arrival on-scene a tow-line was rigged and under extremely difficult sea conditions the yacht was towed safely into the harbour and, after arriving at 05h00 this morning, was safely berthed and no further assistance was required.”

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“Our NSRI Gordon’s Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched our sea rescue craft JACK RILEY and SPIRIT OF SURFSKI and our NSRI rescue vehicle responded to the scene.

“Metro EMS and the Metro EMS Skymed helicopter were placed on alert.

“On arrival on-scene our rescuers in our sea rescue vehicle spotted the 2 men about 2 nautical miles off-shore and directed our responding sea rescue craft to their location and on arriving on-scene the two men were rescued and their small blow-up inflatable craft was recovered.

“They were not injured and they were brought to our sea rescue base in Gordon’s Bay, aboard JACK RILEY and our NSRI volunteers have transported the 2 men, Kevin Murray, from Brackenfell, and Johan Visagie, from Durbanville, both aged in their mid 30′s home safely.

“It appears that they had launched earlier in the day to crayfish off Pringle Bay but as the off-shore winds increased in speed they were blown out to sea. “Not wearing life-jackets, and with no communications device, no red distress flares and no other safety equipment and with only their two oars and fishing equipment between them they had attempted to stop their boat from being swept out to sea by deploying their anchor but their anchor rope had snapped leaving them at the mercy of the sea.

“Had eye-witnesses not spotted them it is feared that the worst may have come of these two men. Their grey boat was also hard to spot in the choppy, white horses sea conditions and we therefore estimate that they are extremely lucky that the eye-witness had spotted them.”

Sea Rescue boats from Gordons Bay rescue two men in an inflatable boat who could not get back to the shore because of the strong off shore wind. Picture Andrew Ingram/NSRI

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Metro EMS, a Metro EMS rescue squad and the Metro EMS Skymed helicopter responded.

3 females and a male were rescued by lifeguards.

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The remaining male, aged 20, who was also rescued from the water required no further assistance and was not injured.

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NSRI Gordon’s Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched sea rescue craft and responded, a Metro EMS rescue squad, the SA Police Force and the Metro EMS Skymed helicopter responded while paramedics from the Metro EMS ambulance that was flagged down responded to to the scene investigate.

Prior to NSRI arriving on-scene Metro EMS paramedics confirmed that the victim, a 28 year old male, from Sarepta, was out of the water where paramedics declared him dead.

The body of the man has been handed into the care of the Forensic Pathology Services and Police have opened an inquest docket.

While it is suspected that this was a drowning accident the cause of death will be determined by autopsy and it has not been confirmed how the man got out of the water.

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“The SA Police Services responded to assist.

“We launched 3 sea rescue craft, JACK RILEY, SPIRIT OF SURFSKI and INGE, but on arrival on-scene we found we were not able to get close enough to the casualty craft, due to low tide, rocks, strong gusting winds of 30 to 40 knots, and rough sea conditions, to rescue the 2 men from the sea side and the decision was taken to attempt to rescue the 2 men, who were both safe onboard their craft and not injured, from the land side.

“The 2 crew, aboard the stranded craft, Droom Vanger, were advised to stay onboard their boat.

“A Metro EMS rescue team and Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services were activated to assist (which included providing lighting up the scene) and two NSRI rescue swimmers were dispatched through the surf carrying ropes (tethered to anchor points on land on the Promenade at Strand) and half way across towards the casualty boat the 2 NSRI rescue swimmers came across the 2 men wading through the surf towards the shore. They had abandoned their craft, which has a hole in the hull caused from being battered against rocks, after their boat had drifted over rocks across the shoreline and closer to land enabling them to safely exit their craft and wade ashore, and the 2 NSRI rescue swimmers assisted the 2 men the rest of the way to shore.

“Once ashore they were put into an ambulance to warm up a bit and one man was treated for a minor laceration to his foot but they needed no further medical attention.

“The casualty craft then, as the tide rose (high tide was at 02h30), drifted further across the shore line and closer to shore and our sea rescue team assisted the 2 men to attach ropes to their craft which was hauled ashore and placed on a trailer and has been removed from the scene.

“It appears that their boat had run onto rocks while they were coming ashore at the “Die Poort” slip way at low tide.”

“The NSRI Gordon’s Bay members were on base at the time preparing for a monthly crew meeting and immediately launched our rescue craft.

“On arrival on-scene a group of surf-skiers were found approximately ¾ nautical miles off-shore and it was established that one of the surf-skiers, a 49 year old local man, had sustained a suspected heart attack while taking part in a regular organised “downwind” paddle from Gordon’s Bay to the Strand in which 28 surf-skiers were taking part.

Sea conditions were gusting to 30 knot South Easterly winds and choppy seas.

“The surf-skier, who was being kept out of the water by three fellow paddlers who were using their surf-ski’s to keep the man’s body afloat, was immediately transferred on-board our rescue craft and he presented with no pulse and no breathing and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) efforts were immediately commenced by our NSRI paramedic while the rescue craft returned to our rescue base.

“Once ashore paramedics continued with CPR but after all efforts to resuscitate the man were exhausted he was declared dead.

“A brief search was then conducted for two men on a double surf-ski who had assisted in the rescue but they were found safe.

“While it is suspected that the man suffered a heart attack a post mortem will determine the exact cause of death.”

Brad Geyser, NSRI Hout Bay station commander said that on arrival on-scene it was determined that a man had allegedly fallen from the mountain and it is believed that his female partner, who was with him at the time, had attempted to go to his aid but it appears that she had gotten into difficulty herself and she became trapped on a ledge with some injuries.

Brad said that two NSRI rescue craft had searched for the man in the sea and during the search the body of the man was recovered onto an NSRI rescue craft and taken to the NSRI Hout Bay rescue base and handed into the care of the Forensic Pathology Services.

The female was rescued by a Metro Rescue team using high angle equipment and she has been treated for minor injuries.

Police have opened an inquest docket into the death of the man.

During the rescue operation a “Hout Bay Surf Rescue” crew launched their rescue rubber-duck to respond to this operation but they capsized and were rescued by the NSRI. Brad said that the NSRI rescue craft towed the capsized craft to Hout Bay harbour. Neither of the two “Hout Bay Surf Rescue” crewmen were injured.

At 23h40 NSRI Hout Bay was activated following reports from the Maritime Radio Services of a yacht run onto rocks near to “Fish on the Rocks”.

Brad Geyser said that prior to launching the NSRI Hout Bay’s rescue craft it was confirmed that the crew aboard yacht Margarite Anne had freed themselves from a rocky reef and had motored into Hout Bay unassisted.

Melkbosstrand:

At 15h23 NSRI Melkbosstrand responded to “Slabberts se Klippe”, half a kilometre from the NSRI Melkbosstrand rescue base, following reports of two men on a rubber duck firing off distress flares.

Rhine Barnes, NSRI Melkbosstrand station commander, said that on arrival on-scene the two men, Pierre van Niewenhuizen, 36, and Tinus Pretorius, 26, both from Durbanville, were found safe on the beach after a local kite-boarder had assisted to tow them ashore.

The two men had experienced engine failure on their rubber-duck approximately 500 metres off-shore and had fired the distress flares when a kite-boarder came to their assistance and assisted them ashore.

Rhine said that the NSRI duty crew loaded their boat onto an NSRI boat trailer and brought their boat to the NSRI rescue base where they required no further assistance.

Gordon’s Bay:

At 09h25 NSRI Gordon’s Bay, the SA Police Services, the Metro Ambulance and Rescue Services, Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services and the Metro Red Cross AMS helicopter responded to Pringle Bay following reports of a dinghy boat being blown out to sea in a 25 knot off-shore wind with three young men on-board.

Stuart Burgess, NSRI Gordon’s Bay deputy station commander said that the rescue helicopter arrived on-scene first and found the three men clinging onto their sinking 3 metre fibreglass dinghy. They had only a pair of oars and no life-jackets on-board.

The rescue helicopter hovered above the men, who were now already 2 nautical miles off-shore, to mark their position for the responding NSRI rescue craft that was nearing the scene but suddenly the boat they were on capsized and semi-sunk so a rescue swimmer was deployed into the water from the rescue helicopter to secure the 3 men and to ensure their safety and when the rescue craft arrived all 3 men were rescued onto the rescue craft and brought to the NSRI rescue base in Gordon’s Bay where they were reunited with their families.

All 3 men, Byron Jansen, 20, Lezaan Pietersen, 22, Akiam Abrahams, 15, all from New Tafelsig, were treated for hypothermia and released requiring no further assistance.

Stuart said that it was especially noted that during the operation the NSRI rescue vehicle, carrying two NSRI rescue swimmers, which had responded to the land side of Pringle Bay, had acted as a communications relay to the responding helicopter and NSRI rescue boat providing essential information to the responding rescue resources that played a major role in this successful rescue operation.

Mark Burton, NSRI Gordon’s Bay station commander, said that the NSRI volunteer duty crew immediately launched the rescue craft Douglas Murray, and the SA Police Services, the Metro Ambulance and Rescue Services and the Metro Red Cross AMS helicopter responded.

On arrival on-scene it was determined that the husband and wife had been fishing from a rocky outcrop at Rooi Els. It appears that the husband, a 40 year old male from Lotus River, may have fallen and drowned. His body was recovered onto the rocks by an NSRI rescue swimmer.

The 38 year old wife of the deceased man, suffering from severe shock, was guided to safety over the rocky shore by an NSRI and Metro Rescue team.

The body of the deceased man has been recovered from the scene and handed into the care of the Forensic Pathology Services and the SA Police Services.

The deceased man’s wife is in the care of Police Trauma Counsellors.

On Tuesday afternoon at 13h50 NSRI Table Bay and NSRI Melkbosstrand were placed on alert by the Transnet National Ports Authority after the bulk carrier Doce River dragged anchor and drifted close to shore, off Bloubergstrand, before getting her engines started and moving out to deeper waters and out of harms way.

On Monday evening NSRI Kommetjie and NSRI Hout Bay were placed on alert by the Transnet National Ports Authority after the bulk carrier Kiran was swept towards shore in approximately 8 metre swells, off Slangkop Lighthouse, following engine failure, before the salvage vessel Smit Amandla towed the bulk carrier out to sea and to the safety of deeper water.

Struisbaai – Skipper of trawler casualty evacuated:

At 15h31 on Tuesday afternoon NSRI Agulhas responded aboard their rescue craft to 2 nautical miles off-shore of Struis Baai where the skipper of the Long Line Fishing Trawler Golden Eagle had sustained head and facial injuries after a steel door reportedly slammed shut in high winds hitting the skipper on the head.

Shane Kempen, NSRI Agulhas station commander said that the skipper, Loeries Noonies, 45, was brought ashore abourd the NSRI rescue craft and transported to a local doctor for sutures to a laceration to the head, lacerations to both eye-orbits and treatment for a fractured cheek bone.

Hout Bay – Search for a suspected missing man:

At 16h11 on Tuesday afternoon NSRI Hout Bay were activated following eye-witnesses reports of a man suspected of being swept off a Crayfish Bakkie (small open boat) drifting in the bay off Hout Bay near to Fish on the Rocks.

Brad Geyser, NSRI Hout Bay station commander said that a full-scale search, including two NSRI rescue craft, the SA Police Services, the Metro Ambulance and Rescue Services, Hout Bay Surf Lifesaving and the Police Dive Unit, in 7 metre swells, revealed no sign of anyone in any difficulty. The crayfish bakkie was found adrift at sea and has washed ashore on the opposite side of the bay but the crayfish bakkie was upright (it had not capsized) and we suspect it had been swept out to sea after the Spring Tides high tide swept it from its mooring on the shoreline.

Brad said that some other eye-witnesses had claimed that they had seen the crayfish bakkie being swept out to sea with no one on-board.

Brad said that the situation continues to be monitored but no one has yet come forward to confirm that a person is missing.

Gordon’s Bay – Jetty swept away:

At 06h50 on Wednesday morning NSRI Gordon’s Bay launched both NSRI rescue craft to assist to recover a jetty swept away by big swells during the early morning Spring High Tide.

Mark Burton, NSRI Gordon’s Bay station commander, said that the jetty was recovered and will be repaired.