DURBN NSRI were called out twice on Sunday, 3 January. At 5am, the Durban Duty Controller received a call from Transnet National Ports Authority reporting an overturned ski boat at the Isipingo Ski Boat launch site with 2 people reportedly in the water.
The sea rescue craft Megan II was launched from Durban and the Duty Controller and Station Commander responded directly to the launch site in their private vehicles.
On arrival on scene, 2 ski boats were launched from the nearby Warner Doone ski boat club and assisted the people from the water and pulled the overturned boat out of the surf zone.
Once clear of the surf, the boat was righted and the casualties and boat were brought ashore.
The boat was a 3.9m single engine rubber duck, with two local fishermen on board.
There were no injuries and no further assistance was required.
At 8.15am the Durban Duty Controller received a call via Durban APC that a harbour pilot on board a ship entering the port had seen a red distress flare from a small vessel just South of the Durban harbour entrance.
The 7m RIB Megan II was launched to investigate and found a fisherman on his jet ski.
It appears that the fisherman had fallen off his jet ski and being unable to climb back on had fired a red pencil flare.
The flare had been seen by an adjacent fishing ski boat who had responded to assist and the fisherman required no further assistance.
