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Old 18 May 2014, 15:07   #1
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4 British sailors missing at sea after yacht believed to have capsized in mid-Atlantic | Mail Online

Best wishes to Doug. Hoping for a good outcome.
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Old 18 May 2014, 15:35   #2
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Old 18 May 2014, 15:36   #3
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Same as Mollers, please can everyone be careful what is posted, just had a spat with BBC over one of their posts on twitter.
Local south coast boat and experienced crew aboard.
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Old 18 May 2014, 15:36   #4
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Fingers crossed they are found. From what I've seen Doug runs a very professional outfit, they wouldn't be lacking on training or safety equipment.
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Old 18 May 2014, 19:06   #5
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Help needed

By now most will be aware of the yacht Cheeky Rafiki which is suspected of capsizing mid Atlantic. Rescue aircraft may have seen the upturned hull and have reduced/stop searching for the guys

This event was unfolding and the crew knew of the issues so had time to plan and prepare
We need everyone with Twitter Accounts to push a few buttons

We now need everyone on twitter to start tweets using hashtags #dontstopsearching and #findoursailors . Presently US coast guard may have seen upturned hull but are now not doing what we would normally see. Tweet to Barack Obama and David Cameron as well as CoastGuards. These guys are experienced sailors and knew of the impending problems so had time to plan emergency actions. Two locate beacons were set off in sequence which could suggest our sailors are still waiting to be rescued. ACT NOW please start tweeting
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Had been following the crew on dougs Facebook page, fingers crossed for a positive outcome.

Been a bad few days for a couple of rib netters, really hope it's good news on the horizon.
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Hope the search is resumed soon and it has the outcome we all want.
Thoughts are with Doug and the families.
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Do you have a link to the Petition?

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what an awful thing for the familys to hear that it has been called off so soon and the boat found and not searched.

petition is here

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petition...share_petition
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Old 19 May 2014, 09:29   #12
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what an awful thing for the familys to hear that it has been called off so soon and the boat found and not searched.

petition is here

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Cheers Alex, for adding, , all over twitter and FB so lets hope we see a great result
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Will share it too on our facebook pages
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Me as well
They spend Billions looking for a missing plane which the people on board have no chance but give up on four we prepared lads who have a chance
Rant over
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I've done this crossing a number of times, skippering similar size yachts, and am frankly horrified that this search has been called off so soon.
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