In Table Bay on Friday 19 February 2010 at 09h00, NSRI Melkbosstrand responded to North of Robben Island to assist the skipper of the yacht Morgenster taking part in a yacht Regatta to Langebaan.
The skipper knocked her head on the yacht boom and suffered suspected concussion.
[ad#Google Adsense 125×125 Blog Post]NSRI Table Bay launched their rescue craft Spirit of Vodacom to tow the casualty yacht to the Royal Cape Yacht Club after medics from NSRI Melkbosstrand found the skipper to be showing signs of a concussion injury to her head and the yachts crew did not feel competent to sail the yacht back into port without the skills of their skipper.
NSRI Table Bay deputy station commander, Ian Gross, said that to add to the casualty yachts dilemma rope had fouled around her motors and the decision was taken to tow the yacht into Port at Table Bay.
Ian said that once safely in the port the female skipper was taken to hospital as a precaution although she seemed to be doing fine.
And in Hermanus on Saturday, 20 February 2010 at 09h25, NSRI Hermanus launched their rescue craft Hunters Gold rescuer to respond to Harder Bay following reports of a dinghy capsized.
NSRI Hermanus deputy station commander, Ian Alton, said that on arrival on-scene a Mr. J de Kock, from Onrus River, and a Mr. C. Van der Merwe, from Somerset West, were found to have already been picked up by a private boat and they were found to not be injured.
The NSRI duty crew righted the dinghy and towed her to Harder Bay slip-way where no further assistance was required.
At 11h25 NSRI Hermanus responded to Kwaai Water following reports of a swimmer in difficulty.
Ian Alton said that on arrival on-scene the unidentified swimmer was found to have already made it safely ashore and required no assistance.
At 11h42 NSRI Hermanus were then activated to respond back to Harder Bay where a semi-rigid-rubber-duck had capsized.
On arrival on-scene both victims had been picked up by a private boat and they were not injured.
The NSRI duty crew righted the rubber-duck and towed it to Harder Bay slip-way.
Ian Alton said that the twist here is that it was again Mr. J de Kock who had capsized for the second time after requesting his friend, a Mr. PJ Swart, to take him out into the Bay to retrieve his fishing nets which he had left behind after he capsized in the dinghy earlier.
The same private boat that picked him and Mr. Swart up was again on hand to rescue him in the second incident.
The NSRI have suggested he doesn’t launch to go to sea again until at least tomorrow!
