Sea Rescue Operations Director Mark Hughes tells how choosing to wear a life jacket, in the days that it was not the norm, saved his life and the lives of the men that he rescued. ...
When at the helm of a boat fitted with a kill switch there is no good reason not to wear it. In this video, Henk Henn, one of the National Sea Rescue Institutes most experienced station commanders, talks about wearing ...
Robin Fortuin, a NSRI volunteer at the Strandfontein Sea Rescue base, saved six people from a rip current at Monwabisi beach on Sunday 01st December, 2013. He was awarded a Gallantry Award, Silver Class for his bravery.You can watch the ...
Retired Still Bay fisherman Gerhard Dreyer tells of a terrible storm in which 17 men lost their lives off Still Bay. It was after this incident that The Master Mariners Society donated money for the first Sea Rescue boat to ...
Two NSRI Hermanus rescue swimmers swam into a terrible sea to save the life of a kayaker who had been swept out of the Fisherhaven lagoon mouth when it was breached. This is their story. ...
Clifford Ireland, Sea Rescue Station commander at Durban, talks about how to volunteer for NSRI rescue crews and how the induction and training works. ...
Conceptualised by Ogilvy, Cape Town, and directed by Velocity's Tristyn von Berg, NSRI's 'Sea Fever' is a haunting and beautiful ode to our love of the Sea. Set to a reading of John Masefield's 1901 poem 'Sea Fever', the ad ...
Watch this two minute video of Sea Rescue's WaterWise Academy Instructor Desiree Pinetown teaching Paarl children about water safety. ...
Ogilvy have done it again. They have taken the “Wear a lifejacket” campaign to the next level to help us get the message across. Lifejackets save lives.Credits:Agency: Ogilvy Cape TownExecutive Creative Director: Chris GotzCreative Director: Prabashan Pather, Jamie MietzCopywriter: Guy ...
Here is a video made by Steve Searle ( independent film maker and sailor) after NSRI crewman Tome Mendes went overboard while sailing in False Bay.This is a piece that every yachtsman should watch. Thank you to Steve who donated ...
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