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GEORGE NEWS - In an all-out rescue in rough seas, crew of the NSRI Wilderness and Mossel Bay, along with a private vessel owner, went to the aid of a floundering DAFF research vessel on Monday 13 August off-shore from Herold’s Bay.
The Derek-1 sent a distress signal, reporting that a rope was entangled around its engine propellers. Derek-1 was dragging anchor in heavy surf and at risk of running aground half a nautical mile off-shore, with 7 crew on board in heavy, 3-meter sea swells. The rope had to be cut loose to make the Derek-1 operational again.
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The NSRI crew towed the boat away from shore to prevent it from running aground. Read more in the George Herald, Mossel Bay Advertiser or South Cape Forum.
Kobus van der Bank. Photo: NSRI
The NSRI crew had to tow the boat away from shore to prevent it from running around. Crew members are from left: Jonathan Britton, Andrew Burrell, Warren page, Francois Potgieter on spirit of Rotary.
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