2 men and a dog in yacht drama 

2 men and a dog in yacht drama

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Cape Town - A yacht which ran aground off Table Bay's Woodstock Beach with two men from Cape Town aboard was pulled out of danger on Sunday, said the National Sea Rescue Institute.


It took about 45 minutes to tow the 43-foot eShowe that had run aground off the beach at 13:33 on Sunday, said Craig Lambinon of the NSRI.


"The vessel was towed to the entrance to the Port of Table Bay where she motored under her own power to her mooring at Elliot Basin," said Lambinon.


He said Pat van Eyssen, the NSRI Table Bay station commander, had reported that the vessel, with two men and a small dog aboard, had run aground off Woodstock Beach.


The NSRI Table Bay launched a 10m Breed Class deep-sea rescue craft, Rescue 3, and the 5.5m rigid inflatable, the Rotary Endeavour.


Ran onto a sand shelf


The police, who were at the beach, reported no imminent danger to the two-man crew and the dog aboard the yacht, which was lying on her side in shallow water at a 45' angle.


The yacht apparently ran onto a sand shelf off Woodstock beach at low tide with sea conditions of half a metre swell and light winds.


Lambinon said: "Two NSRI crew were put aboard the yacht to secure tow lines. We gradually pulled the vessel free of the sand shelf using the incoming waves to aid buoyancy.