The British crew of a yacht lost in the north Atlantic more than 700 miles off Nova Scotia battled to stop water flooding in after the vessel was battered by powerful waves, an official report has revealed.
Two days before the 12m-long Cheeki Rafiki capsized with the loss of its four crew, the skipper reported: “Just hit a big wave hard.” In the final message minutes before contact was lost he said: “This is getting worse.”
The disappearance of the vessel, which was en route from Antigua to the UK, caused diplomatic waves when the American Coast Guard called off the search and rescue operation after two days.
Following protests from the men’s families and intervention from the British government, the search was resumed and the boat found but there was no sign of any of the four men. Read More
