To some sad news from the Volvo Ocean Race as British yachtsman John Fisher, a crew member on Hong Kong boat Scallywag, has been presumed to be lost at sea after falling overboard on Monday.

The 47-year-old fell overboard from Team Sun Hung Kai's Scallywag yacht, 1,400 nautical miles west of Cape Horn. Fisher was taking part in the 45,000-nautical mile around the world race for the first time. The teams were on leg seven from Auckland, New Zealand, to Itajai, Brazil when the Scallywag crew member went missing. Organisers said, He was on watch and wearing appropriate survival gear when he went overboard. The remaining crew have been reported safe. Scallywag searched for almost 12 hours but failed to find him and was forced to head for land as nightfall descended and conditions worsened.