Cape Town – A Finnish couple sailing around South Africa was rescued early on Tuesday morning after their yacht drifted ashore at Santos Beach, Mossel Bay, due to strong sea swells.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) was alerted by the Transnet National Ports Authority and local authorities, and responded with rescue swimmers and their rescue craft, Spirit of Safmarine III.
“On arrival on the scene, we joined an inflatable boat, the blue duck from the Skippers Foundation of Mossel Bay that was also in attendance.
“NSRI rescue swimmers boarded the craft to assist the yacht crew, a husband and wife, from Finland,” said Andre Fraser, from NSRI in Mossel Bay.
“It appears that the couple is sailing around South Africa, we believe that their previous Port of call was Richards Bay, and they were at moorings offshore of Santos Beach where we suspect that during the early hours of the morning, in three-metre sea swells, their sailing yacht may have broken her moorings and had drifted onto the beach,” NSRI said.
No injuries were reported, and the couple was safely rescued without further assistance.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
