Robbie Gibson, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty coxswain, said: At 10h04, Sunday, 8 March, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following eyewitness reports of a RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) capsized in the Keurbooms River Mouth with 3 people onboard reported to be in the water.
NSRI rescue swimmers responded to the scene while NSRI crew responded to our NSRI Plettenberg Bay station 14 rescue base where the NSRI rescue craft Ray Farnham Rescuer and Eric Stratford were launched.
On arrival on the scene 3 local male teenagers were found safe on the beach and their capsized craft was recovered from the surf zone.
The 3 teenagers were medically assessed and with only 2 sustaining minor injuries they were reunited with family and they required no further assistance.
It appears that while fishing from their boat on Keurbooms Lagoon their craft was swept out through the river mouth where despite deploying an anchor their craft dragged anchor before capsizing.
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