Sailor presumed lost at sea during round-the-world yacht race

A British sailor who went overboard during a round-the-world race in the Atlantic Ocean is presumed to have been lost at sea, competition organisers have said.

John Fisher, 47, who lives in Adelaide, Australia, fell from Team Sun Hung Kai's Scallywag yacht 1,400 nautical miles west of Cape Horn at 13.42 GMT on Monday.