His report was sent to ships at sea. A sailboat, which left Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine) with a French crew on board heading for Porto in Portugal, has not given any sign of life since Saturday.
Departing on August 11 from Saint-Malo, the two-person crew had telephone contact with members of his family on Saturday evening, August 15, while the sailboat was off the island of Batz (Finistère).
A forty-something and his 17-year-old daughter on board
It is a 45-year-old man and his 17-year-old daughter, according to a source familiar with the matter. The 15.60m sailboat, "Azawakh 5", is registered in Portsmouth (England).
After the family alert, a Customs plane already in flight carried out research "to remove the uncertainty about the location of the sailboat", without success, according to the maritime prefecture. A survey was also conducted with the ports on the Atlantic coast to ensure that the boat was not there.
“The family is worried and alerted the Corsen Cross (regional operational monitoring and safeguarding center) but it is possible that the boat is off the coast and does not receive the telephone network, tempered the maritime prefecture. Considering the weather conditions, it is not abnormal that the boat is not yet in Porto ”, the same source added.
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