National Sea Rescue Institute

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Name: National Sea Rescue Institute
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

TV ad: NSRI (National Sea Rescue Institute): Sea Fever

Ogilvy, Cape Town for the National Sea Rescue InstituteCategory: Public services & utilitiesClient: NSRIAgency: Ogilvy Cape TownExecutive Creative Director: Chris GotzCreative Director: Chris GotzArt Director: Cuan CronwrightCopywriter: Justin Endels ... [Published Best ads - May 13 2013]
First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Yacht towed to safety after trouble at...

A yacht participating in the Colorpress Vasco Da Gama Ocean Race from Maputo to Durban had to be towed into the Durban Harbour during the race after it experienced mechanical difficulties near uMhlanga at the weekend.National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) ... [Published Daily News South Africa - May 07 2013]
First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

NSRI: two bodies recovered, racing yacht rescued

THE coastal National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) recovered two drowned bodies and rescued a racing yacht at the weekend. NSRI was called to help recover the body of an unidentified swimmer off the coast. NSRI volunteer crew were dispatched to assist police ... [Published The Witness - May 06 2013]
First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Missing fishermen found

Cape Town - The two fishermen who had been missing for almost three days were found by a passing fishing boat near Saldanha Bay on Friday afternoon, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said.Christy Jordaan, 59, and his son Brandon, 36, were rescued ... [Published IOL - May 03 2013]
First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Body washes up on beach

Cape Town - A body believed to be that of missing fisherman Lucas van Wyk has been found.Van Wyk, 33, of Steenberg, was lost overboard from a crayfish boat on which he was working on Friday morning, on the Western side of the Cape Point Nature Reserv ... [Published IOL - May 02 2013]
First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Divers search for missing CT fishermen

CAPE TOWN - The search for two fishermen who are presumed to have drowned in separate incidents in the Western Cape will continue on Monday morning.Despite an extensive search by police divers there is still no sign of 33-year-old Lucas van Wyk, who went ... [Published Eye Witness News - Apr 29 2013]
First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 2 reports

Search continues for a fisherman

was on a crayfish quota boat when he was swept overboard(SABC)The search for a fisherman, who went missing near the on Friday, is continuing. , 33, of Steenberg, was on a crayfish quota boat when he fell overboard in high swells.“The search has continued ... [Published SABC - Apr 27 2013]
First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Surfer Spends 27 Hours at Sea with No Life Jacket, Comes Close to Dying 8 Times

A surfer from South Africa has defeated all odds by managing to survive for 27 hours in the Indian Ocean, swimming and floating with no life jacket.Brett Archibald, a 50-year-old father of two, fell off the boat that was supposed to take him from Panang ... [Published Softpedia - Apr 22 2013]
First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Sick sailor rescued from ship

The National Sea Rescue Institute rescued a sick Burmese sailor from a ship off Cape Town and took him to hospital in a critical condition. Picture: AFPJohannesburg - A Burmese sailor has been rescued from a ship off Cape Town and taken to hospital in ... [Published ENCA - Apr 21 2013]
First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Man’s 28-hour ordeal at sea

His nose was so badly lacerated that a doctor had to glue it back together. This was just one reminder of Brett Archibald’s miraculous survival after spending 28 hours floating and treading water in the sea off the coast of Indonesia.Craig Jarvis, spokesman ... [Published IOL - Apr 19 2013]
First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

SA man found alive after 27 hours at sea in Indonesia

A Cape Town man has been found sunburnt and dehydrated, but alive, after drifting at sea for 27 hours without a life jacket in Indonesia, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said.“He said he came close to drowning at least eight times during his ... [Published City Press - Apr 18 2013]
First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 2 reports

Six saved after boat capsizes

As a desperate fishing crew clung to the hull of their capsized luxury boat for an hour and the vessel?s owner bobbed in the open sea near them, the Durban stand-in skipper kept them calm by making jokes until help arrived.The crew, which included two ... [Published Daily News South Africa - Apr 15 2013]

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"Efforts will be made to find the missing man but at this stage it is presumed that he has drowned. (Edited by Tamsin Wort)"
"Shore, air and sea searches throughout Friday have revealed no sign of the missing fisherman."
He added that he now wants to complete his surfing trip before returning home, joking "I didn't fly all that way to tread water for 27 hours."
"I went under and said, ‘screw this, I can’t carry on’. But I couldn’t swallow water, I couldn’t get my lungs to take the water and I kept coming backback up."

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TV ad: NSRI (National Sea Rescue Institute): Se... [Published Best ads - May 13 2013]
Yacht towed to safety after trouble at... [Published Daily News South Africa - May 07 2013]
NSRI: two bodies recovered, racing yacht rescued [Published The Witness - May 06 2013]
Missing fishermen found [Published IOL - May 03 2013]
Body washes up on beach [Published IOL - May 02 2013]
Divers search for missing CT fishermen [Published Eye Witness News - Apr 29 2013]
Search continues for a fisherman [Published SABC - Apr 27 2013]
CT fisherman presumed drowned [Published News24.com - Apr 26 2013]
Surfer Spends 27 Hours at Sea with No Life Jack... [Published Softpedia - Apr 22 2013]
Surfer Brett Archibald survives 27 hours at sea... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 22 2013]
Sick sailor rescued from ship [Published ENCA - Apr 21 2013]
Man’s 28-hour ordeal at sea [Published IOL - Apr 19 2013]
27 hours: SA man's miracle [Published Times Live South Africa - Apr 19 2013]
SA man found alive after 27 hours at sea in Ind... [Published City Press - Apr 18 2013]
SA man missing on surf trip [Published iafrica.com - Apr 18 2013]
Body recovered down Cape Town cliff [Published Sowetan - Apr 16 2013]
Six saved after boat capsizes [Published Daily News South Africa - Apr 15 2013]
Six unscathed after boat capsizes off Durban [Published Security.co.za - Apr 15 2013]
Zuma ally drowns in dam [Published South Africa Star - Jan 08 2013]
Watching life go up in flames [Published South Africa Star - Nov 12 2012]
Divers rescued in four-hour drama [Published South Africa Star - Nov 12 2012]
World News Quick Take [Published Taipei Times Online - Nov 07 2012]
Britons survive shark-infested waters for hours [Published Telegraph - Oct 14 2012]
British women survive after whale watching boat... [Published Telegraph - Oct 14 2012]
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