A South African family has flown to the Seychelles in a desperate bid for news on missing yachtsman Sean Terry, formerly of Cape Town, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances while completing what was to be the final leg of his circumnavigation of the globe on his yacht Finnegan.

Police in the Seychelles are investigating the disappearance of the SA/British national yachtsman, 48, who despite being an experienced yachtsman and skipper was allegedly lost overboard.

Although he usually sailed alone, Terry was accompanied by an Australian national on the final leg when he planned to sail from Sri Lanka to Chagos, and then on to Madagascar. The Australian is being held for questioning by police in the Seychelles.

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