The US Coast Guard was facing calls last night to return to the doomed British yacht Cheeki Rafiki, to check whether the bodies of any of its four crew members were trapped inside. The coastguard located the boat a week after the vessel went missing.
A sea survival expert said it appears the crew of the Cheeki Rafiki would have had little chance to react before their yacht capsized.
James Brooke said it seems that the "sudden impact on the boat" would have made it "impossible" for the men to get to a life raft.
With no sign of a life raft or of debris, and with nearly 20,000 square miles having been searched, the hunt continues for another day.
Veteran yachtsman Tony Bullimore tells ITV News that there is a "strong possibility" the yachtsmen are still alive in the life raft.