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. 8 Sarah Packwood, 54, and Brett Clibbery, 70, were sailing to the Azores Credit: Facebook 8 The couple were sailing in a wind and solar-powered vessel called 'Theros' Credit: Facebook 8 It remains unclear how the couple got into trouble 8 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 police in Halifax have launched an investigation into their deaths. It is understood Brett was carrying a Garmin GPS device which pinged a final signal around 40 miles south-west of Sable Island on June 13.
Their yacht Theros has not yet been recovered. Brett's son James posted a tribute on Facebook which read: "The past few days have been very hard. "My father James Brett Clibbery, and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood, have regrettably passed away.
"There is still an investigation, as well as a DNA test to confirm, but with all the news, it is hard to remain hopeful. Most read in The Sun LEXI'S BATTLE Amanda .