Yachting: ABN Amro crew death

A crew member aboard ABN AMRO Two competing in the Volvo Ocean Race died yesterday when he failed to regain consciousness after being swept overboard. He was Hans Horrevoets, 32, of the Netherlands.

ABN AMRO Two was sailing in five-metre seas and 30 knot winds about 2090km from Land's End, England, when Horrevoets was washed overboard.

Horrevoets was located and lifted back on board but efforts to resuscitate him under the direction of medical advisors from Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, failed.