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 SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Rescuers in helicopters and boats scanned the seas Saturday for the missing crew of a catamaran found deserted off the Great Barrier Reef — with the sails up, engine running and food on the table.
The three-member crew was last seen Sunday leaving the northeastern town of Airlie Beach. On Wednesday, a coastal patrol plane spotted their 40-foot catamaran drifting aimlessly, its headsail battered and torn, about 95 miles offshore. Rescue workers who reached the boat early Friday confirmed no one was aboard.
The Australian newspaper's Saturday edition quoted police as saying the crew probably fell overboard, but authorities refused to confirm that report when contacted by The Associated Press.
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