Update: Sean Terry - Skipper of yacht Finnegan missing at sea.

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FACTS and POSSIBILITIES - Saturday 21 July 2012 18h00 SAST

For those of you who have the necessary skills to help us locate Sean, here are the facts we have from the time Sean left Chagos:

1. 14 June - S/Y Finnegan (with Sean and crew member on board) left Chagos together with S/Y Alice, both headed for Madagascar.

2. We know Sean's intended waypoints

1- 09°54,42 S 59°59,10 E

2- 11°28,95 S 55°17,64 E

3- 11°38,46 S 49°22,84 E

3. 18 June - the last contact (VHF) that we know of was made with S/Y Alice 07°56,39 S 65°52,28 E (Max 30 NM radius)

4. 25 June - Finnegan arrived Coetivy Island with only the crew member on board, Sean was reported missing overboard.

On 20th June S/Y Alice was forced to change course 08°44,94 S 61°58,27 E and to pass north of the Saya de Malha Bank to get shelter from the wind.

We don't know if Sean took the same action as S/Y Alice or if he stuck to his planned route which would have taken them within reach of Agalega Islands.

The conversations we have had point to a possible MOB date of approximately 3 days before arrival in Coetivy ie 22 June.

WE NEED HELP. We are asking anyone who can provide any information at all including weather conditions, vessels in the area, radio contact etc to contact us.

Again, we thank you ALL for your continued support - the Terry Family.

UPDATE - 18 July 2012 09h00 SAST

Hello everyone, after making contact with S/Y Alice we have received some very useful information from them, this includes co-ordinates and last known radio contact with Sean on S/Y Finnegan. We ask you please to continue to help us with our search. As always any ideas and input are greatly appreciated. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST. Thank you again for all your prayers, thoughts and support, the Terry family.

We are extremely moved by the support and input we have received from all of you, it is helping us to cope in this very difficult time. We understand the desire for more facts, unfortunately we can only tell you what we know and because this is under investigation we do not have access to any information. We do now know Sean's three intended waypoints from Chagos to Madagascar.

1- 09°54,42 S
59°59,10 E

2- 11°28,95 S
55°17,64 E

3- 11°38,46 S
49°22,84 E

Please continue to share the page.

With love and gratitude
the Terry family

Update: 17 July 2012 19h54 SAST

Hi everyone, unfortunately we have no new information to share with you today. We still have more questions than answers but we are working around the clock to resolve this. This is a terrible situation for us all and it is beyond frustrating. We are grateful to you all for your input and support, we just want to know what happened and so we ask that you continue to share - with Thanks, the Terry family.

PLEASE, if you have any information at all, if you have had any contact with Sean in the past 3 months, let us know as soon as possible. Thank you very much, the Terry family.

More info and images: https://www.facebook.com/SeanTerryMissingSkipperYachtFinnegan