FINALLY, the families of the three SA yachtsmen, who were reported missing received good news from the NSRI yesterday.
The air search team made the second sighting on Friday and were able to conduct a drift plan. Then the NSRI went out in search of the catamaran and successfully reached the upturned hull, and were able to attach a satellite tracker to it.
Diane Coetze wrote on the Facebook page, Searching for Anthony, Reg and Jaryd: “The overturned hull proved to be too heavy for the boats to bring it in right away and the conditions were not conducive for definite identification by the divers who were part of the team.
“We are ever so grateful to the amazing, brave and committed NSRI teams for taking action and reaching the hull. We are exhausted and emotionally battered but are confident that the hull will be brought to shore. We also thank River Air and its team, as well as yesterday’s air crew for their dedicated efforts in the search effort mounted by the three families. We hope to have more updates soon.” said Coetze.
Updates to follow.
