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| Debris found in Cheeki Rafiki yacht search | Debris found in Cheeki Rafiki yacht search |
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| Debris has been found in the Atlantic near where the UK yacht Cheeki Rafiki disappeared. | Debris has been found in the Atlantic near where the UK yacht Cheeki Rafiki disappeared. |
| The captain of a catamaran taking part in the search told the BBC details had been passed to the US Coast Guard. | |
| The 40ft Cheeki Rafiki, based in Southampton, was sailing back to the UK from a regatta in Antigua when it started taking on water last week. | The 40ft Cheeki Rafiki, based in Southampton, was sailing back to the UK from a regatta in Antigua when it started taking on water last week. |
| The search was originally called off on Sunday but resumed on Tuesday following pressure from the Foreign Office. | |
| The four missing crew members are Paul Goslin, 56, from West Camel, Somerset; skipper Andrew Bridge, 22, from Farnham, Surrey; Steve Warren, 52, also from Somerset; and 22-year-old James Male, from Romsey. | |
| Patrick Michel, skipper of the Malisi, one of the volunteer crews searching for the missing yacht, told BBC Surrey: "We are currently just in the north part of the search area, our third night out here, and we did see during this night a few little [pieces of] debris which I have reported to the US Coast Guard with the times and positions, so there is a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel." | |
| Mr Michel said a plank of wood and a plastic board had been spotted. | |
| 'Exhausting' | |
| Coastguards said on Wednesday that about 9,000 square miles had been searched and there had been no sightings of a life-raft, debris or a boat during the day. | |
| An RAF Hercules has joined the three planes and six ships already deployed to search the area where the sailors are thought to have disappeared - approximately 1,000 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. | |
| A number of yachts have also joined the search. | |
| Kay Coombes, Mr Warren's sister, told BBC Breakfast relatives of the missing sailors were staying positive. | |
| She said: "We are just keeping going. It's exhausting now, this has been going on for days." |