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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - The families of three men who disappeared from their yacht in mysterious circumstances off the northeast Australian coast have called off their search, a spokesman said Monday.
There has been no sign of skipper Derek Batten, 56, and brothers Peter and James Tunstead, aged 69 and 63, since their catamaran Kaz II was found adrift on the Great Barrier Reef 100 miles northeast of the city of Townsville on April 18.
Police suspect the trio were probably swept overboard in rough weather and had likely drowned.
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