Searchers continued to comb an area 1,000 miles east of Cape Cod Wednesday where a British yacht sank, but no sign of the missing sailors has been found, the US Coast Guard said in Boston. The 39-foot Cheeki Rafiki capsized late last week. Aboard were four experienced offshore sailors: Andrew Bridge, 22; James Male, 23; Paul Goslin, 56; and Steve Warren, 52, said Louise Nicholls, spokeswoman for the Royal Yachting Association. The men were headed to Britain Thursday night when they reported taking on water from a leak, Nicholls said. The search began about 12:30 a.m. Friday. It was called off at 5 a.m. Sunday in what the Coast Guard deemed a difficult decision based on its calculation of the men's chances of survival. The search resumed Tuesday after a request by the British government.
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