By Anele Siwa
04 May 2008
Yesterday Gordon’s Bay 28 foot ski-boat Oom Piet has been reported lacking power following mechanical engine failure, electrical and steering failure 20 nautical miles South of Cape Point with 2 males on-board.
“We launched our rescue craft Spirit of Safmarine III and on arrival on-scene a tow-line was established”, says Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simonstown Station Commander.
According to Zimmerman NSRI towed the vessel to as far as Cape Point.
“Sanlam Rescuer towed the vessel safely further on to Gordon’s Bay harbour where the survivors required no further assistance”, says Zimmerman.
In another development a small boat has been reported having fired off a red distress flare off-shore of Camps Bay beach.
“On arrival on-scene we found a local Snoek fishing boat had taken an Oceana Power Boat Club (OPBC) waterskiing racing craft with 3 men on-board under tow, after they had responded to the red distress flare that the fishing crew sighted being fired off by the racing craft, and they were towing them towards OPBC at Granger Bay”, says Johnny Albert, NSRI Bakoven duty coxswain.
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