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Men saved from icy sea

Fishermen Jim Louw and Francois Arlow clung to their upturned ski-boat until they were rescued from the icy waters off Dassen Island, 55km north of Cape Town in the early hours of yesterday, said the National Sea Rescue Institute.

Fishermen Jim Louw and Francois Arlow clung to their upturned ski-boat until they were rescued from the icy waters off Dassen Island, 55km north of Cape Town in the early hours of yesterday, said the National Sea Rescue Institute.

Though the NSRI rescuers arrived soon after the alarm had been raised, both men had to be treated for hypothermia. - Sapa

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