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Search resumes for missing surfer | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
Fifty lifeboat and coastguard crews are searching for a windsurfer missing off the east coast. | |
The man, who is in his 30s and from Berwickshire, was last seen at about 1600 BST on Tuesday and the alarm was raised by a friend two hours later. | The man, who is in his 30s and from Berwickshire, was last seen at about 1600 BST on Tuesday and the alarm was raised by a friend two hours later. |
The search was called off after his board was found and was resumed again at first light. | |
He was last seen windsurfing between Thortonloch and Cove near the Torness power station. | |
Forth Coastguard said the windsurfer was wearing a wetsuit and the water temperature was 8C. | |
Eyemouth RNLI all weather lifeboat is searching four miles off Torness while Dunbar all weather lifeboat is searching 10 miles north east of the power station. | |
Inshore RNLI lifeboats from Dunbar and St Abbs are conducting shoreline searches, with St Abbs lifeboat focusing between Fast Castle Head and Torness. | |
The inshore RNLI lifeboats were stood down about 2200 BST on Tuesday, while the all weather lifeboats continued for about three and a half more hours. They then all resumed at first light. |