'Unidentified object' sighted in Knysna lagoon turns out to be boat roof

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A National Sea Rescue Institute team in Knysna was dispatched on Friday evening after residents reported sighting an unidentified object adrift in the lagoon.

Initial reports indicated that the object was either the wing of an aeroplane or the upturned hull of a boat that was heading towards the Knysna Heads in strong winds.

“Eyewitnesses reported an object described as maybe being the wing of an aeroplane, or the upturned hull of a boat, adrift in the Knysna Heads in strong 25 knot westerly winds. “It appears that the crew on-board the boat alerted him that the roof of his boat had blown away in strong winds and was drifting towards The Heads.

 

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