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The "Livorno Express" and "Golden Lyderhorn" joined the pilot boat "St David" to find a missing sailor. The male crewmember from the yacht "Blue Moon" yacht jumped over board on Nov 8, 2012, at 5p.m., while the sloop was 50 miles west northwest of Bermuda. The 39ft yacht was on her way from New York to Bermuda when the incident occured. The man was reluctant to come back onboard. Captain and crew continued in vain to coax their colleague onboard and contacted the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre for assistance. As dusk approached the crew of the sailing vessel continued to monitor their colleague in the water using a spot light onboard. As conditions deteriorated and with the passage of time the crewmember was lost amongst the darkness and persons onboard continued in their attempts to relocate him. The pilot boat arrived on scene and after an eight hour search, returned to Bermuda on Nov 9 morning to refuel and return to the distress position. As of 4 p.m. the "St David" and the "Livorno Express" and "Golden Lyderhorn" were still searching for the missing sailor. A US Coastguard C-130 aircraft has returned to the USA to refuel.