Mystery as yacht 'disappears' in the Southern Atlantic

12:18 AM Fri 25 Mar 2011 GMT

'Spirit of Izivunguvungu - mystery surrounds her as she sails east across the Atlantic' Sea Lizzy Hange Click Here to view large photo

An urgent international search is under way today for a Cape Town yacht that may have met with disaster in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, carrying a crew home from Rio de Janeiro. The City of Cape Town-sponsored yacht, the Spirit of Izivunguvungu, had sailed in the Heineken Cape to Rio yacht race, which ended early last month. The yacht is skippered by Kader Williams, 30, and has four crew members who are graduates of the Izivunguvungu Sailing Development School. The yacht was approaching the seas north of the island Tristan da Cunha late last week, and the team?s ...

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by Independent Online