January 29, 2016

Missing yacht found

Missing Sunsail Yacht Found After A Year

 

A capsized catamaran found off Aghulas in South Africa is probably a Sunsail catamaran that has been missing for a year.
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Sunsail has confirmed that it believes a catamaran, found capsized at sea 40 miles off Cape Aghulas at the southern tip of South Africa, is the Sunsail catamaran that was reported missing in Febrauary 2015.
 
 
Sunsail said in a statement:
On 18 January, Sunsail received notification from MRCC that on  a Brazilian navy ship had sighted an upturned vessel in the Indian Ocean, off the southern coast of South Africa. On Saturday 23 January, the vessel was sighted again and the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Agulhas duty crew launched a lifeboat. On arrival, the NSRI took photographs and NSRI rescue swimmers free dived to investigate markings on the yacht and, to the extent possible, explore under the hull.
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