US Coastguard resume search for missing sailors
Relatives, friends and MPs are calling on the US Coastguard to resume the search for the four sailors missing from a yacht from a Hampshire-based yacht mid-atlantic.
Antigua Sailing Week: Cheeki Rafiki statement
Organisers of Antigua Sailing Week in which Cheeki Rafiki was taking part have issued the following statement.
"We are saddened to hear the plight of the crew of Cheeki Rafiki.
"News coming in today confirms the boat was taking on water on its Atlantic Crossing but contact was lost early on Friday as they diverted to the Azores and a coast guard search has now been called off.
"They are feared to have capsized and abandoned to a life raft, Southampton charter firm Stormforce Coaching said, who are the official Managing Agents for the boat.
"We are saddened by the news but remain hopeful that a renewed search effort will find the crew."
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