STATION 30 AGULHAS:
The Agulhas NSRI duty crew were called out at 15h15 on 31 December 2012 by the SAPS for a possible drowning of a 9 year old boy at main beach Struisbaai.
The Sea Rescue volunteers launched their 4,7m rescue boat I&J Rescuer and their rescue vehicle responded to the beach where they met and interviewed the boys mother.
He was found a short while later, safely on the beach, a few hundred metres away. He had been caught in a rip current while boogie boarding and had managed to stay on his board until the current slacked and then he had used the waves to get back to shore.
A grateful and happy NSRI crew stood down!
STATION 06, PORT ELIZABETH:
The Port Elizabeth NSRI duty crew spent their new years eve at sea, forgoing their celebration to help a sailor who needed to be medivaced off a ship near Koega.
At 21h50 on Monday, 31 December, the NSRI volunteers at Port Elizabeth were called out for a medivac from the 202 metre container ship Priwall.
The crewman who needed to be taken ashore was complaining of headaches, was transferred to the PE rescue boat Spirit of Toft at 23h20 and handed over to the ships agent at 00h05 on the 1st January 2013. The agent took him to hospital for evaluation.
STATION 10 SIMONS TOWN:
At 13h02 on Tuesday 1 December Sea Rescue Simons Town was called out for a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) that fired flares off Cape Point.
The Simons Town volunteers, in their rescue vehicle, responded to the scene at the Cape of Good Hope Beach whilst their rescue boat, Spirit of Safmarine III, was launched.
According to Darren Zimmermann, NSRI Simons Town station commander, they found one of the boats that were taking part in the Trans Agulhas inflatable boat challenge had missed turning into False Bay and run out of fuel off Cape Point.
They had capsized twice at South West Reef, both times managing to right their boat, and, quite correctly, stayed with the boat as it was washed to the shore at Cape Point.
Arriving at the Cape of Good Hope beach, Darren pulled on a wetsuit and went into the water to help the two crewmen ashore. They were treated on the beach by Cape Medical Response paramedics for severe hypothermia and then taken to the Simons Town Sea Rescue bace for a hot shower before being released uninjured.
During this rescue NSRI learned that another entrant in the Trans Agulhas inflatable boat challenge was missing. A full scale search was activated and Kommetjie NSRI was called out. Hout Bay and Gordons Bay NSRI were put on stand by. The METRO AMS helicopter Skymed, TNPA rangers and the SA Police were also activated.
Shortly after 15h00 it came to light that the missing racing boat had, like the racing RIB that ran aground at Cape of Good Hope beach, run out of fuel and was found off the Radison Hotel in Table Bay.
The search was stood down.
-ENDS-
Released by:
Andrew Ingram
Sea Rescue Communications
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