SAILING TRAGEDY Couple found dead in washed up 10ft lifeboat month after going missing while sailing 2,000 miles in wind-powered yacht
It remains unclear how the pair got into trouble
A COUPLE have been found dead in a washed up lifeboat a month after going missing while trying to sail across the Atlantic in a yacht.
Sarah Packwood, 54, from Warwick, and Brett Clibbery, 70, were heading to the Azores in a wind and solar-powered vessel called ‘Theros’.
Sarah Packwood, 54, and Brett Clibbery, 70, were sailing to the Azores
Their two bodies were found in a life raft last week
Their two bodies were found in a life raft last weekCredit: Facebook
The couple were sailing in a wind and solar-powered vessel called ‘Theros’
The couple were sailing in a wind and solar-powered vessel called ‘Theros’
They got married on board their yacht in 2025
But the pair were reported missing a week after leaving Nova Scotia, Canada, on June 11 in their 42ft sailing boat.
Their two bodies were found in a three-metre life raft after it washed ashore on Sable Island – 180 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia – last week.
It remains unclear how the couple got into trouble, but police in Halifax have launched an investigation into their deaths.
It is understood Brett was carrying a Garmin GPS device which pinged a final signal around 40 miles south-west of Sable Island on June 13.
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Brett, a Canadian, and Sarah first met at a bus stop in London in 2015 before getting married on the yacht a year later.
They also had a Celtic marriage ceremony at Stonehenge and then moved to Canada where they bought land on Salt Spring Island, near Vancouver.
Poet, musician and reiki healer Sarah was an “accomplished sailor” learning at university in England.
In a farewell video message before the couple departed, Sarah said: “Captain Brett and First Mate Sarah set sail on the 2nd leg of The Green Odyssey on board Theros – GibSea 42 foot sailboat.
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