Search stopped as hopes fade for 'Marie Celeste' sailors

Police suspended their search today for the crew of a ghost-ship yacht found drifting off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, saying there was little chance of finding the three men alive.

Police believe skipper Des Batten, 56, and brothers Peter, 69, and James Tunstead, 63 – may have been swept off the catamaran, Kaz II, when it hit rough seas last Sunday.