‘David is mentally strong and will cope’

CAPTURED Irish sailor David Bloomer is mentally strong and will be helping his fellow yachtsmen during their ordeal in Iran, a friend has said.

Graham Smith, who sailed regularly with Mr Bloomer in Ireland before he emigrated to Bahrain in the 1980s, said everybody who knew him is very worried.

But he believes the radio presenter, in his early 60s, is physically and mentally fit enough to get through what he branded a strange scenario.