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British Woman Found Alive After Four Days Adrift Off Formentera

Spotted on Saturday by a ferry from Ibiza to Valencia, she was transferred to a hospital in Valencia where her condition remains unclear.

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Overview

  • Gavin rented the 15-foot motorboat from Helix Charter at La Salina in Formentera on Tuesday morning.
  • Her friends alerted authorities when she failed to return the vessel by Wednesday evening, triggering a large-scale search operation.
  • Civil Guard, Spanish coastguard boats, helicopters, and police divers scoured the seas around the Balearic Islands for four days.
  • A ferry en route from Ibiza to Valencia spotted her drifting and brought her aboard on Saturday afternoon.
  • The cream-coloured Quicksilver 475 Axess has been towed to Ibiza port and Gavin remains under medical observation in Valencia.