A HUGE rescue effort has been under way after a boat “completely disappeared” more than five days ago.
The red and white nine-meter Sunseeker sports boat, named Rapido, departed from Grays on April 24 on a planned voyage to Maldon in mid-Essex.
However, the boat didn’t arrive in Heybridge Basin as expected and an alert was sounded on April 25.
Paul Gilson, chairman of Leigh Town Council, and a fisherman, said it was “totally out of the ordinary” for a boat to go completely missing.
He also warned of the dangers of sailing through north easterly winds.
Paul said: “To completely disappear, it’s not something that happens often. It’s very rare.