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Solent air and sea search suspended for missing skipper | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
An air and sea search for a missing skipper whose yacht was found beached on the Isle of Wight has been called off for a second day. | |
The vessel was found with no-one on board but with its engine still running and sails up near Brighstone on Saturday evening. | |
The skipper is believed to have left Poole, Dorset, on Saturday morning to sail to Hayling Island. | The skipper is believed to have left Poole, Dorset, on Saturday morning to sail to Hayling Island. |
Solent Coastguard has suspended the search until new information emerges. | |
A spokesman said: If we get any new information that prompts us to an area then we will recommence a search." | |
Coastguard helicopters from Portland and RNLI Lifeboats from Lee On Solent, Yarmouth and Mudeford have been involved in the operation since Saturday. | |
A member of the public found the yacht, called Brigand, at 17:15 BST on Saturday. The skipper has not been identified. |
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