Last man out of yacht ‘swam into the light’

THE last man aboard the Rambler 100 racing yacht waited in his bunk for the tipping vessel to right itself before scrambling straight into the water.

Nathan Hislop, 36, from New Zealand, was among a number of crew sleeping below deck when was woken by a loud bang.

“At first I thought it was the mast, I stayed in bed, I thought it was just the mast coming down. I could feel the boat tipping over, further and further. We just kept going and going and I realised I had to get out of there,” he said.