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| Missing Torquay fishing boat JCK: Skipper's body found | |
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| A body has been found by rescuers searching for a fishing boat which went missing off the Devon coast. | A body has been found by rescuers searching for a fishing boat which went missing off the Devon coast. |
| The skipper of the 19ft (5.8m) JCK had last been seen travelling past Thatcher's Rock, near Torquay, at 18:25 GMT on Monday. | |
| Shortly after midnight a body was discovered by the Exmouth RNLI lifeboat, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said. | |
| Gale force winds of 60mph had been reported in the English Channel. | Gale force winds of 60mph had been reported in the English Channel. |
| A search was launched when the vessel failed to return to Brixham Harbour. | |
| Rescue helicopters from Portland MCA and RNAS Culdrose, RNLI lifeboats, coastguard rescue teams and two Royal Navy vessels were involved in the search in gale-force winds. | |
| Jeremy Linn from Brixham Coastguard said it was likely the skipper's boat had been swamped. | |
| "He had been fishing for the afternoon and was coming home with a catch on board, which means he obviously had quite a lot of weight in the boat," he said. | |
| "It was not good weather - it was very windy, we'd had lots of rain and the sea state was rough - so it's a strong possibility that the boat was swamped in some way and sank." | |
| Devon and Cornwall Police said the man's next of kin had been informed. |