Finnish Couple Saved After Yacht Stranded On Mossel Bay Shore

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, .

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.