A 50 year-old fisherman from Humansdorp suffering breathing difficulties was evacuated last night from the chokka fishing boat Sirocco, 17 nautical miles off-shore of the Kromme River, by NSRI St Francis Bay volunteer duty crew. Paul Hurley, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said at 11 pm on 8 October local NSRI members were activated….
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NSRI St Francis Bay tows boat in difficulty to safety
A rubber duck with two men on board that had a motor failure was towed safely to shore yesterday by St Francis Bay NSRI volunteer duty crew. Marc May, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said at 8.30 pm on 12 April 2014, the NSRI duty crew were activated after eye-witnesses reported a rubber duck…
NSRI SFB search for hours in the dark for man overboard from chokka boat
NSRI St Francis Bay searched for around two hours last night for a man believed to have fallen overboard from the chokka boat Coombava offshore of Jeffreys Bay. Despite the intensive search, the man who apparently wore no life jacket, was not found and he is presumed to have drowned. Marc May, NSRI St Francis…
NSRI St Francis Bay evacuates wounded fisherman from chokka boat today
St Francis Bay volunteer duty crew this evening, 1 July, evacuated an injured fisherman from a chokka boat. The 33 year old chokka fisherman, Alwyn Kettledas from Humansdorp, bleeding profusely from a head wound, was brought ashore in the NSRI sea rescue craft and transferred by ambulance to hospital. According to Marc May, NSRI St…
Fisherman knocked unconscious by metal bar, evacuated
A fisherman of about 35 years of age from Aston Bay suffered severe injuries when a 1-ton steel bar smashed into him and knocked him unconscious during trawling yesterday, 7 May 2013. St Francis Bay NSRI volunteers raced to the scene in their rescue craft and attended to the man on the crayfish fishing trawler,…
Fisherman suffers stroke, evacuated from chokka boat:
A 49 year-old fisherman suspected of suffering from a serious stroke was evacuated from a chokka boat four nautical miles off St Francis Bay this morning by the town’s NSRI recue team. Marc May, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, says at 8,30 am this morning, 19 July, NSRI St Francis Bay volunteer sea rescue…
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