The body of a British boat skipper is believed to have been found after his empty yacht ran aground last month.
An extensive search was launched to find environmental campaigner, David Sycamore.
The pensioner had been sailing to Britain from France.
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The 75-year-old was thought to have been the only person onboard the Misty Blue vessel.
The unoccupied boat was located on rocks at Chapel Point near Portmellon, south of St Austell, Cornwall, on 13 June.
A sea and land search was carried out by coastguards, police and the RNLI following the discovery of the vessel.
But the search, which lasted 10 hours, was stood down pending further information, as reported by Need To Know.
His family has now been informed that a body was discovered 245 miles away from the vessel, near the coast of Brittany.
“We received a call from the British Embassy in France advising us that a fishing boat had located the body of a man off Brittany,” said a spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police.
“The family of 75-year-old Mevagissey boat skipper David Sycamore, who was reported missing last month, have been made aware of the discovery.
“We remain in close contact with the French authorities around identification and repatriation.”
At the time of the skipper’s disappearance, Cornwall Climate Care made a plea to help find him.
It said: “URGENT – this is David Sycamore – his boat ran aground near Mevagissey last night, but David was not on board.
“Please keep a lookout if you are around the cliffs and coves in the area.
“David is such a lovely man and a passionate campaigner in Cornwall on environment, climate and pollution.”
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