Tom Coetzee, NSRI Kommetjie station commander, said; “At 15h12 on Thursday 12 December, our NSRI Kommetjie volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of red distress flares being fired by the crew of a ski-boat off-shore of Scarborough.
“Our NSRI Kommetjie volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched our sea rescue craft Spirit of Winelands and on arrival on-scene found the 6 meter ski-boat Goliath, with 4 crew onboard, 2 adult males estimated to be aged in their mid forties, and two male teenagers, estimated ages 11 and 17, drifting towards rocks after their boats engines failed, in a 35 knot North Westerly wind and 4 meter swells.
“They were about 10 meters away from running onto the rocks when we arrived on-scene and we quickly set up a tow-line and towed them to shore safely where they required no further assistance.
“They are all from the local nearby Oceanview suburb and they were not injured.”
