Brit missing after his 40ft yacht is ‘eviscerated’ and life raft is found empty in horror storm off French coast

A BRITISH sailor is lost at sea after his yacht was found “eviscerated“.

The 73-year-old was sailing in the Atlantic in stormy weather when he set off his distress beacon on Saturday.

A French helicopter in a previous rescue near Lacanau on the French Atlantic coast

He got into difficulty around 80k west of Lacanau, southwestern France.

The French air force deployed a helicopter to search for the sailor.

Rescue crews spotted his 40ft yacht, the Tiger PA, in the Bay of Biscay and winched two divers down to the wreckage.

It was “eviscerated”, authorities said.

An empty life raft was also found nearby and the search was called off in the early hours of Sunday.