British solo sailor from wrecked yacht believed drowned

12:37 AM Sat 15 Jan 2011 GMT

'Tapotupotu Bay, where the wreckage of Boadicea was found' .

New Zealand police believe that a British solo sailor whose wrecked yacht was discovered in a bay at the north of the North Island of New Zealand was drowned at sea before his boat washed ashore. Divers involved in the search did not find the body of 77-year-old solo sailor Malcolm Widdilove on the yacht, but police believed he is missing and presumed drowned. The yacht, Boadicea, an 8 metre wooden sloop, washed into rocks on the shore, and the alarm was raised by the crew of another boat who noticed a mast sticking out of the water. The boat ...

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by Sail-World Cruising