Ship run aground at Shefield Beach Durban

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Comment by Brendon on July 27, 2011 at 16:36

Thanks for all these great pics Sin!

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Comment by Kitesports on July 27, 2011 at 10:11

More resue pics.

Comment by Kitesports on July 27, 2011 at 10:05

More pics of the Phoenix.

If it was just a little further out we would get a sweet wave running off it.......

Comment by Sinisa on July 26, 2011 at 15:04

By the way Sean, good news is that we are opening a store in Cape Town on the first of next month. Will keep everyone informed.

Comment by Johan Moelich on July 26, 2011 at 14:46

Thanks for explaining, Marilyn.

Comment by Sean (Slimchance) Chester on July 26, 2011 at 14:14

PS - Like the table mountain / kitesports graphic!!

Comment by Sean (Slimchance) Chester on July 26, 2011 at 14:13

now we've got our own ship-sterns ;)

Comment by Calvin Jorge Da Silva on July 26, 2011 at 13:44

Next kite session - Sheffield Beach

 

Comment by Marilyn Wells on July 26, 2011 at 13:09

The ship was being towed to Durban about 10 days ago.  Something happened and the tug doing the towing seperated, then sailed back to Durban.  The ship has been sitting off-shore since then with a salvage tug watching over it for over a week.  The bad sea and wind conditions made it drift - no working motors to help.  A bit dumb of the insurance company if you ask me

Comment by Johan Moelich on July 26, 2011 at 12:59

How does this happen? Are they sleeping on the job to not realize they're drifting to shore? Surely there's enough time to start up the engines and get the hell out of there?