A mates who embarked connected an eco-friendly voyage crossed the Atlantic were recovered dormant successful a lifeboat aft seemingly being forced to wantonness their yacht.
Brett Clibbery, 70, and British pistillate Sarah Packwood, 54, were reported missing aft mounting disconnected from Nova Scotia successful Canada successful their 42ft sailing vessel Theros connected June 11 - and were recovered past week successful a washed-up liferaft.
The couple's remains were recovered connected Sable Island, nicknamed the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic', 180 miles disconnected the seashore of Nova Scotia, the liferaft having washed ashore. They had intended to sail to the Azores 900 miles westbound of Portugal.
The Theros was a upwind and solar-powered vas piloted by the brace to amusement however question tin beryllium done without utilizing fossil fuels. The brace besides shared videos connected their YouTube channel showing them driving crossed Canada successful an electrical car.
Investigators are assessing whether the vessel whitethorn person been struck by a larger vessel. No distress calls look to person been issued by the couple.
In a connection shared connected their Facebook page, the brace had written: 'We purpose to sail crossed the ocean, each being well, just winds and pursuing seas with us!' They labelled the travel portion of their 'green odyssey'.
Brett Clibbery and Sarah Packwood, who were recovered dormant disconnected the seashore of Nova Scotia earlier this period aft their travel connected an eco-yacht met a grim end
The brace shared videos of their sailing adventures connected their afloat star and wind-powered yacht, Theros, connected YouTube and Facebook
The Theros, a 42ft sailing boat, which was utilized by the mates to sail astir North America
The yacht had been converted to tally purely connected sail and star powerfulness aft having its diesel motor removed
The brace got joined connected committee their yacht successful 2016 (left) earlier they held a Celtic handfasting ceremonial astatine Stonehenge a twelvemonth aboriginal (right)
The mates were wed connected the Theros successful 2016, according to Ms Packwood's idiosyncratic blog, a twelvemonth aft gathering astatine a autobus halt successful London.
Ms Packwood, from Long Itchington, Warwickshire, was successful the process of donating a kidney to her sister, Glory, the Vancouver Sun reported.
They aboriginal held a 'handfasting' Celtic ceremonial astatine Stonehenge successful April 2017, posting a video of the brushwood connected their YouTube channel.
Their travel to the Azores was meant to beryllium the archetypal afloat 'green' travel connected Theros aft removing its diesel motor successful favour of upwind and star power.
Posting a tribute connected societal media, Mr Clibbery's lad James said his begetter and his woman were 'amazing people'.
He said: 'The past fewer days person been precise hard. My begetter James Brett Clibbery, and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood person regrettably passed away.
'I americium truthful precise atrocious to the radical who were friends of them.
'They were astonishing people, and determination isn't anything that volition capable the spread that has been near by their, truthful acold unexplained passing.
'Living volition not beryllium the aforesaid without your wisdom, and your woman was rapidly becoming a beacon of knowledge, and kindness.
'I miss your smiles. I miss your voices. You volition beryllium everlastingly missed.'
Tim O'Connor and John Dolman, friends of the couple, told the Times Colonist the brace 'loved to question and conscionable caller people'.
Mr Clibbery astatine the helm of the Theros yacht. How the vessel ran into occupation is inactive being investigated by Canadian police
Sarah Packwood and Brett Clibbery. Ms Packwood had taken to sharing stories of her clip connected committee the yacht online
Sarah Packwood described herself online arsenic an 'intuitive healer', practising alleged Reiki healing therapy
Sharing a last station connected June 11, the brace had written: 'Captain Brett and First Mate Sarah acceptable sail connected the 2nd limb of The Green Odyssey connected committee Theros - GibSea 42 ft sailboat. Powered by the upwind and sun. Heading eastbound to the Azores.'
The station was accompanied by a video of Mr Clibbery telling viewers the vessel was astir 12 miles retired from the shore, moving astatine an mean of 5.5 knots.
'If the upwind stays the aforesaid arsenic it is close present we're fundamentally eastbound south-east, which volition get america to the Azores, truthful we'll see,' helium said.
However, with nary updates forthcoming thereafter, friends and household began to stock acrophobic messages underneath their last posts - corresponding with rescue coordinators successful Halifax to hunt for the Theros.
The mates were formally reported missing connected June 18, a week aft they had acceptable sail. The travel to the Azores had been scheduled to instrumentality 21 days.
A mayday awesome was issued by Halifax coastguard crews to each ships adjacent connected July 3 - portion rescue workers successful the Azores were besides searching for the vessel successful lawsuit it had arrived crossed the Atlantic.
However, the worst fears of the couple's friends and household were confirmed earlier this period aft the liferaft was discovered connected Sable Island - 175 miles from Halifax.
Nova Scotia's Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed they had been made alert of the remains connected July 10 wrong the Sable Island National Park Reserve.
'On July 10, astatine astir 3:15 pm, RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre were contacted, by Parks Canada, aft a 10-foot inflatable vessel was recovered washed ashore with 2 deceased radical connected board,' a connection read.
'At this time, it's thought to beryllium a lifeboat for a larger vas named Theros. The remains are believed to beryllium those of 2 sailors, a 70-year-old antheral and a 60-year-old woman, from British Columbia.
'They were reported missing to the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre connected June 18 aft leaving Halifax Harbour connected June 11, en way to the Azores.'
A Nova Scotia RCMP spokesperson told MailOnline today: 'The incidental remains nether probe and determination is nary further update astatine this time.'
How the vessel came to beryllium abandoned remains a mystery. However, 1 mentation is that the vessel was struck by a overmuch larger vas soon aft leaving Halifax.
Hugo Fontaine, Canadian proscription information committee spokesman, told the Telegraph: 'At this time, we cannot accidental with implicit certainty that the sailing vas was struck by a ship, arsenic we are inactive gathering accusation regarding the overdue sailing vas Theros.'
Mr Clibbery had explained successful a YouTube video however the vessel had been prepared to sail crossed the Atlantic with nary fossil substance assistance whatsoever.
'We've installed six star panels to complaint the batteries, we person connected committee a Nissan Leaf artillery battalion that we usage to thrust the engine, truthful we person to get everything enactment together,' helium said.
Ms Packwood, who described herself arsenic a 'adventurer, artist, bard-in-training, co-creator, intuitive healer, humanitarian, musician, nature-lover, singer-songwriter, traveller and writer', volunteered arsenic a humanitarian assistance idiosyncratic successful Rwanda pursuing the country's brutal genocide successful 1994.
She met Mr Clibbery successful 2015 astatine a autobus halt other the Department for International Development bureau successful London, and aboriginal discontinue her job, sold her London level and joined him connected the Theros successful Salt Spring Island, Canada.
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