YACHTSMAN DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK

Coastguard received a Mayday call on 14 July 2001 after a yachtsman suffered a massive heart attack while out sailing on his yacht 12 miles off the Brighton coast just before 3pm.

Derek Parkinson, 62, and his wife Veronica were enjoying a day out on their yacht ‘Aletta’ when tragedy struck.

A coastguard helicopter and a lifeboat from Brighton responded to the call and the couple were airlifted to the Royal Sussex Hospital. Mr Parkinson later died in hospital from the heart attack.