On Saturday she left Mousehole at about 18:30 BST to sail to Bideford in north Devon.

BBC: Mary Unwin: Hope fades for lone yachtswoman

Mary Unwin disappeared last October while sailing her yacht, Seagair, from Mousehole in Cornwall to Bideford.

BBC: Mary Unwin: Missing yachtswoman 'not believed to be alive'

Mary Unwin was last seen before she attempted to sail from Mousehole in Cornwall to Bideford in Devon.

BBC: Ona Mary Unwin

On Saturday she left Mousehole at about 18:30 BST to sail to Bideford.

BBC: Ona Mary Unwin

Mr Hobkirk said the 130-mile journey from Mousehole to Bideford would have tested even experienced sailors, let alone in difficult conditions.

BBC: Mary Unwin: Hope fades for lone yachtswoman

Like many Cornish seaside villages, Mousehole has plenty of holiday lets and second homes, but there is still a strong sense of community.

BBC: The perfect trip: Cornwall

Mousehole (pronounced mowzle) is the picture-perfect image of a Cornish village, a dense warren of cobbled lanes, steep alleys and slate-roofed cottages, tumbling down the hillside towards the granite breakwater and the sea.

BBC: The perfect trip: Cornwall

Start next to the harbour in Mousehole and head southwards along the coast, then following on from the path along Grenfell St, turn right onto Keigwen Place and left onto Chapel St.

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