Fears for Brit yachtsman missing for three days after vanishing on 300-mile solo voyage back home to Cornwall

Robin Davie, 67, was due to return home to Falmouth, Cornwall on Tuesday after a 300 mile solo cross-Channel voyage from Les Sables d'Olonne, France.

He set out on January 5 telling his brother Rick he would be home on Tuesday but has not been heard from since.

Falmouth Coastguard has issued an 'All Ships Alert' for Davie.

Davie is an experienced sailor who has completed three solo circumnavigations.

He had entered the 2018 Golden Globe Race but had ran out of time and was returning home to Cornwall with the intention to compete in the next GGR round the world competition in 2022.

His boat, the Rustler 36 C'est La Vie had recently undergone a complete refit, including a new mast and rigging, which had been fitted in France.

At the time GGR organiser Don McIntyre said he was "very sad" about Davie pulling out of the race.

He said in May: "Robin has put his all into preparing for this race working 18-20 hour days to get his boat restored and in good shape for circling the globe.

"He is hugely experienced and very practical, and it is a measure of the man that he has taken stock of the situation rather than press on in blind faith and run the strong risk of failure."

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