Bourgnon missing after diving trip
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LEADING Swiss yachtsman Laurent Bourgnon was reported missing by authorities in French Polynesia yesterday after a diving accident.
The Papeete rescue center in Tahiti said the 49-year-old Bourgnon, who twice won the prestigious Route du Rhum trans-Atlantic sailing race, was diving on his own. Crew members and passengers of the boat alerted emergency services on Wednesday afternoon when he did not get back on board.
Marie Baville, the cabinet director for the head of Polynesia’s governing council, said that Bourgnon had organized the trip with tourists on his boat, which was anchored in the Toau atoll, about 400 kilometers from Tahiti in the Tuamotu Archipelago when the incident happened. “This is not a particularly dangerous area,” Baville said.
She added that the search for Bourgnon, which involved a helicopter, was called off at night. It was due to resume at first light yesterday.
Bourgnon, whose brother Yvan this week completed a sail around the world on a 20-foot boat without on-board accommodation, is one of the most accomplished sailors of his generation.
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