Clifford Ireland, NSRI Durban station commander, said; “On Monday 1 August at 08h03 NSRI Durban’s volunteer duty crew and the Emergency Services were activated following reports of a boat capsized in the surf line 150 meters off-shore of Virginia Beach.
“NSRI Durban volunteers responded to the scene directly and we were preparing to launch our sea rescue craft MEGAN II when it was confirmed that all 3 men onboard the capsized boat had managed to get ashore and were safely on the beach.
“NSRI volunteers, Police Search and Rescue members and Netcare 911 ambulance services arrived on-scene and the 3 men, all adults, a Londoner, a Mozambican and the skipper who is a Durbanite, were found to have sustained minor scrapes and they required no medical attention.
“We assisted to right their boat which had washed ashore and the boat has been loaded onto their trailer and has been sent for motor repairs.
“It appears that the boat was capsized by a wave while the men were fishing behind the breaker line. The men had launched at Vetchies, Durban Ski-boat Club, earlier in the day to go fishing.”
