UK - Four Cheeki Rafiki crew members, North Atlantic, 16 May 2014

[Wondergirl]

overturned Cheeki Rafiki

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/23/us-hull-missing-yacht-search-cheeki-rafiki

 

[Wondergirl]

So very sorry to hear this. :-(

 

[sherlockh]

Very sad news.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2637724/US-Coast-Guard-hull-Cheeki-Rafiki-yacht.html

 

[Yoda]

What is that?

 

[Wondergirl]

What is that?

Sorry, that's the hull of the upturned Cheeki Rafiki.

I cannot find the link now.

Here is another

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cheeki-rafiki-life-raft-found-3598738

 

[Wondergirl]

Submerged hull of the Cheeki Rafiki.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/23/us-hull-missing-yacht-search-cheeki-rafiki

 

[Wondergirl]

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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,--but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.



Andrew Bridge; Skipper of the Cheeki Rafiki

Paul Goslin; Crew of the Cheeki Rafiki

Steve Warren; Crew of the Cheeki Rafiki

James Male; Crew of the Cheeki Rafiki

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2637724/US-Coast-Guard-hull-Cheeki-Rafiki-yacht.html

 

[Seajay]

I was hoping that since the crew was so experienced, that somehow they made it out of this situation. I'm so sorry they didn't. What sad news.

 

[Little Jedi]

I was hoping that since the crew was so experienced, that somehow they made it out of this situation. I'm so sorry they didn't. What sad news.

This sums up my thoughts exactly !

 

[zwiebel]

I lost my internet connection and was hoping they might have been found in the meantime.

Rest in peace crew. My thoughts go out to the bereaved families.

 

[FigTree]

How terribly, terribly sad

My condolences to the families of Andrew Bridge, James Male, Steve Warren and Paul Goslin - I'm so very sorry that this wasn't a happy ending everyone had hoped so much for, for you and your loved ones.

RIP the crew of the Cheeki Rafiki.

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[poppygirl]

Very sad news to wake up to. My prayers are with the family.

 

[Seajay]

The families were notified. I can't imagine what they are going through right now.

http://news.msn.com/us/family-of-uk-yacht-saddened-as-search-called-off

So what happens to this thread since they are lost at sea and presumed dead?

 

[Wondergirl]

The families were notified. I can't imagine what they are going through right now.

http://news.msn.com/us/family-of-uk-yacht-saddened-as-search-called-off

So what happens to this thread since they are lost at sea and presumed dead?

Nothing happens to the thread, but, I will alert my post so the mods can come and change the title to "not found - presumed drowned" and move the thread from the missing forum. :-(

 

[FigTree]

The Guardian. Read More:
Wednesday 28 May 2014 06.27 AEST
Families of Cheeki Rafiki crew praise those involved in search

Speaking outside the Foreign Office, the families of Paul Goslin, Steve Warren, James Male and Andrew Bridge said in a statement: "Friday's tragic news brought us unimaginable pain, leaving us each and all utterly disconsolate.

"Nonetheless, we take some small solace that this conclusive development allowed us to gain an element of closure. We know that they will be forever remembered based upon the flood of touching responses received already."

..

 

[OkieGranny]

From May 2015:

http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/Wes...Goslin-hopes/story-26438670-detail/story.html

The Cheeki Rafiki capsized in a remote ocean area with the loss of two Somerset sailors and two others from the UK after its keel snapped off, a report published by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) found...

[N]one of the crew have been found.

The report found previous groundings and repairs to the keel may have weakened the structure of the yacht.

 

[JerseyGirl]

The jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of Douglas Innes, who is charged with manslaughter by gross negligence after the Beneteau 40.7 Cheeki Rafiki capsized mid-Atlantic in 2014 causing the deaths of four men

http://www.yachtingworld.com/news/j...heeki-rafiki-trial-114246#OdMbrGjG74KJS0qT.99

 

[Ellmau]

Not guilty: http://www.romseyadvertiser.co.uk/n...director_cleared_of_manslaughter/?ref=mr&lp=3