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News24 | Four people rescued near Hermanus after clinging to capsized boat for several hours

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After their small cabin boat capsized off the coast between Vermont and Hawston and they clung to the upturned hull for more than seven hours, a 49-year-old man, his 17-year-old son and two teen friends have finally been rescued.

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News24 | Four people rescued near Hermanus after clinging to capsized boat for several hours

22 hours ago·South Africa

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Times Live

Holidaymakers rescued after 7 hours in water after ski-boat capsizes

The four, from three families visiting the Hermanus area for a weekend break, had gone fishing.

2 days ago·Johannesburg, South Africa

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2oceansvibe.com

Father And Three Teens Rescued After Seven-Hours Stranded At Sea In Hermanus – 2oceansvibe News

[Image: Freerange Stock] For over seven agonising hours, a father, his son, and two teenage boys clung desperately to the upturned hull of their capsized boat, stranded in icy waters off the Hermanus coast. Their fishing trip had turned into a nightmare at dawn when an unexpected wave silently flipped their boat at anchor, hurling them into the sea. It was 05:30 on Saturday, March 15, when the small cabin ski-boat capsized, leaving them trapped …

22 hours ago

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smilefm.co.za

Four Rescued After Boat Capsizes Off Hermanus

Four people were rescued after their small cabin ski-boat capsized offshore between Vermont and Hawston, Hermanus, on Saturday, 15 March. The dramatic rescue unfolded after eyewitness reports of the incident prompted a swift response from the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) in Hermanus. At approximately 12:40 p.m., NSRI Hermanus was alerted while its duty crew was returning from a routine training exercise. Fishermen along the shoreline…

23 hours ago

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CapeTown ETC

Lost in fog: NSRI rescues 4 survivors clinging to capsized boat for 7 hours

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) successfully rescued four people on Saturday afternoon after their small cabin ski-boat capsized off the coast between Vermont and Hawston, Hermanus, reports Cape {town} Etc. The group, which included a 49-year-old father and his teenage son from Somerset West, as well as two male friends, both aged 14, from Stellenbosch, had been stranded in the water for over seven hours before being spotted by local an…

2 days ago

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