Glen Preston, NSRI Shelly Beach station commander, said: At 08h40, Friday, 16 October, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from 2 local men on a jet-ski, the jet-ski was reportedly disabled from suspected motor mechanical or electrical failure, they were reporting to be about 1 kilometer offshore of Ramsgate.
Our duty crew responded to our NSRI Shelly beach station 20 rescue base where the NSRI rescue craft was Spirit of Dawn was launched.
On arrival in the area we located the 2 men 4.5 kilometers offshore of Southbroom Beach, they were safe but adrift on their jet-ski without motor power and unable to re-start their motor.
Without incident we towed them safely to Ramsgate Beach.
Once safely ashore they recovered their vessel and our rescue craft returned to base, returning to base at 10h42.
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