The National Sea Rescue
Institute and Hermanus volunteer sea rescue duty crew were on Monday activated
by the Transnet National Ports Authority following eye-witness reports of red
distress flares sighted deep-sea off-shore of Kleinmond, between Hermanus and Gordons Bay
NSRI Spokesperson Craig
Lambinon said the NSRI Hermanus volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched the sea
rescue craft SOUTH STAR and the NSRI sea rescue craft HUNTERS GOLD RESCUER was towed to
Hangklip and launched in Hangklip.
Lambinon said with no
reports of anyone missing or overdue investigations were initiated to search
for abandoned vehicles and boat trailers along the coastline that could possibly
be related to the distress flares while sea rescue craft responded to initiate
a search in the vicinity of where eye-witnesses had reporting seeing the red
distress flares.
He added that a boat
trailer and vehicle were found at the Hangklip slip way and details found on
the boat trailer referred rescuers to the fishing boat ARALDA III but all attempts to
reach these contact cellphone numbers failed and it was suspected that this
vessel, now also reportedly overdue from fishing, may be the vessel related to
the red distress flares.
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