The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for four missing British crew members, including two from Somerset. They located the Cheeki Rafiki a week after the vessel went missing and later discovered its life raft still secured aboard.
Hopes of finding two missing Somerset sailors and their crew mates have all but faded tonight after their capsized yacht was discovered in the Atlantic.
The US coastguard said an unused life raft was found on board and they called off their search in the early hours of this morning.
Today the Prime Minister David Cameron said his thoughts were with the families.
Ken Goodwin reports:
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.
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