The bodies of a couple, Briton Sarah Packwood and her Canadian husband Brett Clibbery have been discovered on a washed-up life raft nearly six weeks after they embarked on a sailing trip across the Atlantic Ocean.
The couple, who set off from Nova Scotia in their 13-meter (42-foot) eco-friendly yacht, Theros, were last seen on 12 July when their life raft was found on Sable Island near Nova Scotia.
Sarah Packwood and Brett Clibbery were reported missing on 18 June, having departed Nova Scotia a week earlier with plans to sail to the Azores, approximately 3,228 kilometers away. The journey was expected to take 21 day.
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In a Facebook post, Mr. Clibbery’s son, James, confirmed the couple’s deaths, expressing the profound grief felt by their family.
He wrote, “There isn’t anything that will fill the hole that has been left by their, so far unexplained passing.”
The circumstances surrounding the couple’s tragic end remain unclear, and an investigation is currently underway, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told the BBC on Sunday.
One theory being explored by investigators is that the yacht may have been struck by a passing cargo ship that did not notice the collision.
According to Canadian news website Saltwire, an anonymous source suggested that the sailboat crew might have been unable to avoid the collision or could have been below deck with Thermos.
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