At 16h00 on Thursday 3 November, NSRI Agulhas volunteer duty sea rescue crew were activated following a request for assistance from the small “Chucky” open fishing boat AHI reporting to have lost motor power South of the 5 mile bank with 4 crew onboard.
The sea rescue craft VODACOM RESCUE VII was launched and in building sea conditions the NSRI searched by boat and an extensive network of coast watchers scoured the coastline from land and the NSRI eventually found the casualty boat which was at risk of being swamped by the ever increasing rough sea conditions, which was towed safely to Struisbaai harbour where the 4 local crew required no further assistance.
