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When Sailing Vessels Go Walkabout

Craig McIver, NSRI Mykonos deputy station commander, said: At 05h42, Wednesday, 1 January , NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated following reports from a local fishing charter boat reporting an unmanned sailing dingy adrift on Langebaan Lagoon, off Calypso Beach.

The NSRI rescue craft Rotarian Burnette was launched and found the 5 meter sailing vessel adrift on the water, unmanned, half a nautical mile from shore.

A towline was established the craft was towed to the Mykonos Marina.

Following some investigations we located the owner who confirmed that his boat had broken her moorings at Plaaltjies earlier and arrangements were made for him to collect his boat.

The fishing charter boat skipper and crew are commended for raising the alarm.

Later, at 10h12, NSRI Mykonos were asked to assist in locating a 21 foot sailing vessel which was off her mooring and missing.

At 10h55 NSRI Mykonos received a call from a member of the public who described the missing vessel reporting that she was aground at Blue Lagoon Beach, Saldanha Bay.

The NSRI rescue craft Spirit of Vodacom, Rotarian Burnette and Hansie, responded and on arrival on the scene we were able to refloat the vessel, we then established a towline and towed the vessel to Mykonos Marina where the NSRI rescue craft Hansie assisted the owner to recover the vessel onto her trailer and no further assistance was required.

The vessel had broken her moorings earlier.

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