BULLETIN BOARD
A NEW RESCUE BOAT FOR MOSSEL BAY Careful planning and teamwork ensure the safe arrival of Station 15’s new rescue vessel After the rescue boat from Station 9 (Gordon’s Bay) was burnt out during her refit, we launched a special appeal. And thanks to your generosity, we were able to purchase another Brede-class rescue boat that had served in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution before it was sold to a private individual. She received a complete refit at Tree Tops Marine, after which the Simon’s Town crew prepared her for the 250nm journey to Mossel Bay. This included loading extra drums of fuel that had to be placed carefully in order to trim the boat. They loaded 450l, split between the bow and the stern, and secured them down using heavy-duty cargo straps. Station commander Darren Zimmerman
did the navigation planning and routing with about 20 waypoints programmed into the GPS, while a backup route was plotted
onto paper charts. Yvette du Preez took care of the padkos for the journey. Darren, Robbie Robinson (Station 10) and Cameron Davidson (Station 15) sailed at midnight and were met in Mossel Bay with great fanfare. All the ships were pumping water from the firefighting monitors and blowing their horns.
... ships were pumping water from the firefighting monitors and blowing their horns
Special thanks to: • Gerry Staverees for his assistance in getting all the SAMSA certificates. • the Mossel Bay crew for their warm welcome – the level of appreciation made the delivery worthwhile. • the False Bay Yacht Club for allowing us the two weeks of docking on the marina for free. • James Scott of FBYC who kindly assisted with programming the operating frequencies into the HF radio. • Louis Duimelaar and Ian Hamilton for assisting with lift shuttles by road.
STATION 4 (MYKONOS) ROUNDUP
THE SPEED OF YELLOW Red and yellow Fast and dependable Doing what it takes to get there in time Helping people when they need you most Its NSRI & DHL. A match made in heaven.
Thanks to:
›› Motion Perfection Industries for their kind donation of LED emergency lights and other fittings, including a very effective spotlight for our 4x4 vehicle and our 9m rescue craft.
In the words of DHL MD Hennie Heymans, ‘At DHL we believe in the speed of yellow, which means going above and beyond the call of duty, and this is what NSRI does on a daily basis. We are pleased to join in as Platinum Partners, involved in the day-to-day running of your business, and we are looking forward to a long relationship with NSRI.’ Station 4 (Mykonos) deputy station commander Casper Frylinck and Alfonso Niemand from Adesign, with the newly donated HP notebook
›› Treecycle, TSS and Polarcap, as well as Jannie van der Merwe from JFK General Contracting for assisting us with kitting out our 4x4 rescue vehicle with an aluminium drawer system to store our rescue equipment and medical supplies.
Station 4 (Mykonos) and Station 34 (Yzerfontein) recently honed their sailing skills through the kind gesture of Jaco Pieterse of Sail Due South in Langebaan. Pictured here (from left): Arno Smit, Cedric Brown, Morné du Plessis and Shane Field
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