Early this morning the NSRI Hout Bay towed the Linschoten yacht to shore after it suffered mechanical problems.
Lyall Pringle, NSRI Hout Bay station commander, said at 5 am , 5 August, the NSRI volunteer duty crew members were activated to assist the 66-foot Catamaran yacht sailing from Saldanha Bay to Simonstown suffering battery failure and being low on diesel. The yacht with four men on board was 5 nautical miles off-shore of Hout Bay.
“NSRI Hout Bay launched the sea rescue craft Nadine Gordimer and took the yacht under tow and brought it into Hout Bay without incident.
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St Francis Chronicle 