Ninety-year-old sailor feared missing off Wales as empty dinghy found
Written by News on 16/04/2017
A 90-year-old sailor whose empty dinghy was found off the coast of Wales remains missing after searches were recommenced.
Dyfed-Powys Police said Arthur Taylor, known as Archie, was last seen at 9.30am on Saturday.
Mr Taylor, who is slim with grey hair, took his dinghy out from Gwbert boat club in Ceredigion.
He is 5ft 4ins tall and was wearing a dark grey waterproof jacket over a navy jumper.
After the Milford Haven Coastguard and RNLI were told he had not returned, an air and sea search was launched.
"The follow on search this morning at Cardigan for a missing dinghy sailor has now ended with nothing further found," a Coastguard spokesman said.
"Coastguard rescue teams only will be making a shore line search this evening at low water at 6pm."
Police said they were looking for "any video or photographs taken by members of the public of the coastal area around the sea off Gwbert yesterday morning as they may have captured him (Mr Taylor) sailing".
The coastguard was contacted at 5.15pm on Saturday about Mr Taylor, who failed to return home after a trip on the water during the day.
His small boat was found in Cardigan without anyone on board.
The coastguard rescue helicopter from Caernarfon went to the scene, as well as rescue teams from Caernarfon, Cardigan, Gwbert and Moylegrove.
RNLI lifeboats from Cardigan and Fishguard also attended, as did Dyfed-Powys Police.
Anyone who has seen Mr Taylor or has information is asked to call police on 101, quoting incident reference 251 of 15 April.
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