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It appeared to have washed onto rocks at Shark Point, west of Shark Point Light.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The craft was identified as belonging to a local man (Kritzinger) who regularly fishes on his boat at Shark Point. It was immediately suspected that the fisherman may be missing,&#8221; Lambinon said.<\/p>\n<p>He said a fisherman who had come across the casualty craft had raised the alarm and initiated a search in the immediate area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lambinon said the NSRI St Francis Bay rescue craft Spirit of St Francis II was launched while NSRI shore crew responded to the land side of Shark Point.<\/p>\n<p>The SAPS, the Police Dive Unit, EC Government Health EMS, Private Care ambulance services and drone operators of the local Air Sea Rescue Network responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lambinon said a number of public members volunteered to assist and were deployed to join in the search.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA total of seven local fishing craft joined the NSRI rescue craft in the sea search,\u201d said\u00a0Lambinon.<\/p>\n<p>He said the NSRI St Francis Bay duty controllers, the SA Police Services, TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) and NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) assisted MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) in coordinating a search operation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lambinon further said a helicopter was dispatched from Gqeberha to join in the search and the Telkom Maritime Radio Services assisted with Marine communications and broadcast on all ships alert.<\/p>\n<p>He said during an air, sea and shoreline search the body of a man was located and recovered in the surf close to the rocks near to Shark Point at 08:55.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lambinon said the body of the deceased was taken into the care of Government Health Forensic Pathology Services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_cca78ce6\">\n<div class=\"text\">It has been confirmed that he was the only person on the boat and it remains unknown what caused the incident.<\/div>\n<div class=\"citation\">Craig Lambinon<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He further said police have opened an inquest docket and efforts will be made to recover the casualty craft from the rocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCondolences are conveyed to the family of the deceased man,\u201d said\u00a0Lambinon.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu confirmed the deceased\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netwerk24.com\/netwerk24\/nuus\/mense\/sakeman-63-van-joubertina-verdrink-20230516\" target=\"_blank\">Netwerk24<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, Kritzinger sold his dealership in February 2022 when he retired. 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