Sailors missing after capsize - hopes fade

8:48 PM Mon 7 Feb 2011 GMT

'The wreckage from British sailing boat WaterWave at Povoa de Varzim harbour entrance' .

A massive search continues, but hopes are now fading to miracle size for two British sailors after their yacht Water Waves was struck by a very large wave and capsized in rough seas off the coast of Portugal. Chris Hull, 52, and Glenn Foster, 24, both from Essex, disappeared after their boat got into trouble near Porto early on Saturday while they were on a voyage from Vigo in Spain to Gibraltar. A third sailor, Chris Brook, also 24, swam to safety at Povoa de Varzim and was rescued by a fisherman, who noticed him clinging to a yellow buoy ...

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