Missing sailor Guy Nelson’s boat named Swallow. // Police continue to be concerned for the welfare of 57-year-old Guy Nelson. Guy, from Leamington Spa, was last known to be in or around the Drake¿s Island area of Plymouth on Monday 8 September. Guy had been sailing around Cornwall and Devon on his boat named Swallow […][/caption]
FEARS are growing for an amateur sailor who vanished off the Devon coast in his boat.
Guy Nelson, from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, was last known to be sailing near Drake’s Island on September 8.
Guy Nelson has vanished off the Devon coast on his boat[/caption]
He was last spotted on CCTV in Dominick in Cornwall just three days previous.
It’s believed he set off on a tour of the Cornish and Devon coasts in his boat, called the Swallow, from Plymouth.
Guy is described as a white male, 5ft 10ins tall, of medium build, with short curly brown hair and brown eyes.
Devon and Cornwall Police described said the sailor often wears glasses, a black t-shirt and jeans.
In a statement, a police spokesperson said: “We continue to be concerned for the welfare of 57-year-old Guy Nelson and are issuing a more recent picture of him.
“Guy, from Leamington Spa, was last known to be in or around the Drake’s Island area of Plymouth on Monday 8 September.
“Guy had been sailing around Cornwall and Devon on his boat named Swallow and it is believed it was Guy’s intention to sail from Plymouth along the coast, but he has not been heard from since.
“He had previously been in St Dominick in Cornwall, where the new picture was taken on Friday 5 September.
“Guy has no known links to Devon and Cornwall other than sailing in the area.”
Police are urging anyone who may have seen Guy or know of his whereabouts to call 999 immediately, quoting log 852.
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