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23/08/2006
Coastguard conducts yacht search
Solent Coastguard is conducting a search for a yacht, after a body was found in the water early on Tuesday morning.
The search is being conducted in the Solent area by a number of rescue units, including Coastguard teams and Coastguard Sector Officer from the Isle of Wight, Whisky Bravo and India Juliet Coastguard helicopters, the RAF Nimrod R-51 and the police marine unit.
The yacht is described as a 27ft blue hulled sloop 'Ouzo'. The man has now been identified, after a member of the public contacted police, but has not yet been named.
Murray Milligan, Regional Operations Manager said: "We now would like to hear from anyone who has seen the yacht he was on. It is called 'Ouzo' and is a 27ft single mast yacht. It has a navy blue fibreglass hull.
"We have been told that the yacht was due to leave Bembridge on the Isle of Wight on Sunday. It was heading to Dartmouth."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on: 02392 552100.
(KMcA)
The search is being conducted in the Solent area by a number of rescue units, including Coastguard teams and Coastguard Sector Officer from the Isle of Wight, Whisky Bravo and India Juliet Coastguard helicopters, the RAF Nimrod R-51 and the police marine unit.
The yacht is described as a 27ft blue hulled sloop 'Ouzo'. The man has now been identified, after a member of the public contacted police, but has not yet been named.
Murray Milligan, Regional Operations Manager said: "We now would like to hear from anyone who has seen the yacht he was on. It is called 'Ouzo' and is a 27ft single mast yacht. It has a navy blue fibreglass hull.
"We have been told that the yacht was due to leave Bembridge on the Isle of Wight on Sunday. It was heading to Dartmouth."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on: 02392 552100.
(KMcA)
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