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HEARTBREAKING tributes have been paid to an “amazing couple” who were found dead in a washed-up lifeboat while trying to sail across the Atlantic.

Sarah Packwood, 54, from Warwick, and Brett Clibbery, 70, were heading to the Azores in a wind and solar-powered vessel called “Theros” when they went missing nearly a month ago.

Sarah Packwood, 54, and Brett Clibbery, 70, were sailing to the AzoresCredit: Facebook
The couple were sailing in a wind and solar-powered vessel called ‘Theros’Credit: Facebook
It remains unclear how the couple got into trouble

The couple were reported missing a week after leaving Nova Scotia, Canada, on June 11 in their 42ft sailing boat.

Their two bodies were found in a three-metre life raft after it washed ashore on Sable Island – 180 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia – last week.

It remains unclear how the couple got into trouble, but policein Halifax have launched …

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