The boat was covering nearly a half a nautical mile per second at those speeds, leaving Horrevoet almost 10 miles behind by the time the crew took the sails down, the engine turned on and turned around to find him.
"The crew deployed three man overboard devices," Hindley said. "They spotted him after 40 minutes."
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WOW.... It is amazaing that they found him in those conditions. What a tragedy.
