Missing French yacht found intact, but empty, in middle of Atlantic

Published Monday June 22nd, 2009

THE CANADIAN PRESS

HALIFAX, N.S. - A French yacht that had two people on board has been found empty and floating in the middle of the Atlantic.

A spokeswoman for the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax says a Belgian yacht spotted the 10-metre L'Actuel on Sunday, but nobody was on board. Jeri Grychowski says the vessel was about 400 kilometres west of the Azores.

The vessel departed St-Pierre-Miquelon headed for Le Havre, France almost four weeks ago.

The daughter of the captain said she last heard from the vessel on May 24 from somewhere in the mid-Atlantic.

The two on board are both French nationals whose names have not been released.

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