NSRI and other rescue organizations kept a watchful eye on an unmanned support vessel that caught fire just off Cape Point. The vessel was found still smouldering, drifting in a North Westerly direction, at risk of running aground near Scarborough:
The ship was abandoned by 26 Hout Bay fishermen who were rescued by the crew of the fishing vessel Umfondini, about 8 nautical miles south of Cape Point. The Umfondini crew was praised for their successful rescue, while the casualty crew was also commended for abandoning the burning vessel safely into life rafts in rough seas.
The vessel was still smouldering and was drifting in a North Westerly direction, at risk of running aground near Scarborough, south of Kommetjie. Strandloper was dispatched by Transnet National Ports Authority to tow the vessel and arrived at 8pm that evening. The casualty vessel was gently towed away from land using sea currents and held off-shore until Strandloper arrived. The towline was then transferred to Strandloper, which towed the casualty vessel to deep sea until Saturday when the vessel was moored at a berth on the seaside of Hout Bay Harbour pier.
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