British sailor goes missing off Gran Canaria as dog and boat found | UK | News

An British builder was reported to be missing when he was discovered on a worldwide sailing ride after the discovery of the yacht and pet near the Canary Islands.

34 -year -old James Nunan first began his journey to Kehaar, a yacht he bought in Slovenia in March.

Miniature Jack Russell, accompanied by Thumbelina, hoped to travel the world on the boat, and at the beginning, this plan seemed to go well. The news comes as a 63 -year -old child in Dublin and may be in London.

However, 50 miles away from the shores of Gran Canaria, 50 miles away from the local coast guard, Thumbelina is still on the ship – but the sailor itself did not have a sign.

Nunan, a builder, a builder, known as “Jemsie, was in contact with his mother Maura Norton and his family on August 18, and the debit card used the same day at 10.39 o’clock in a kebab shop in Las Palmas.

For more than a year in the production, James’ trip to the world had been a long -term ambition, and before he went to the sharp sailor Gran Canaria, he stopped both in Gibraltar and Lanzarote.

Nikita Goddard, a 31 -year -old stepmother of Lincoln, told Telegraph: “He was always a free spirit. He lived in a sailing minibus and traveling around Scotland.

“When he was in Scotland, he took the idea that he would buy a boat and set up a worldwide. He has been doing it since the end of March this year. My son waited after he was born, so he met him and went immediately.

“He’s going to his boat all over Europe. He was very good in contacting my mother. I hear how he passed through my mother and what he was doing.

“Last he spoke to him on August 18 – It was a Monday – and my mother started to worry about Wednesday. I believe it was a missing person on Friday, August 22nd.

“We are told to us a ‘Pan-Pan’ warning for us-one step below a Mayday.”

Nunan’s last known view took place on the day when he was in contact with his family when he joined Paddy’s Anchor, a pub on Las Palmas to relax at the end of a long day.

It seems that both the passport and the backpack were stolen the same night.

Nunan now officially declared a missing person, his father went to Gran Canaria to look for his lost son, Essex police officers continued to support my mother Maura at home.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: uz We support the family of a British man who has been reported in Spain and in contact with local authorities. ” He said.

Essex police said: “We are in contact with James’s family to support them in a very difficult time.

“We have presented a series of queries through our international contact officers and Interpol through our Spanish officials. We are waiting for a response at this stage.

“We hope that James can be found safely as soon as possible, and we will continue to contact with his family with his foreign and Commonwealth office and [will] Help where we can. “