After surviving four days of floating on the Mediterranean Sea, a British woman who vanished after renting a boat in Spain was discovered alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the 39-year-old failed to return the 15-foot motorboat she had rented at the port of La Savina in Formentera on Wednesday evening, a significant search and rescue effort had been in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concerned by her disappearance, friends notified authorities when the Balearic Islands resident did not return after her outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday, at approximately 5 p.m., a boat between Ibiza and Valencia discovered the woman drifting in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Since then, she has reportedly been sent to a Valencia hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This morning, it was unclear how she was feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Civil Guard has confirmed that she was discovered alive, but they have not yet issued a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The coast guard has transported her hired boat, a Quicksilver 475 Axess with a Mercury outboard motor, to Ibiza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it became known that the woman was gone, the locals identified her as Mary Gavin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her search involved the mobilisation of Spanish coastguard boats and helicopters, Civil Guard helicopters, and police divers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking this morning, a Civil Guard spokesman said, \u201cThe British woman who vanished after hiring a boat in Formentera on Tuesday morning has been found alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The police force had said on Friday: \u201cThe missing woman is a 39-year-old British national who hired the boat in the port of La Salina in Formentera on Tuesday morning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe was supposed to return it around 6pm on Wednesday and when she didn\u2019t her friends became worried and raised the alarm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom the time she was reported missing on Wednesday evening a search operation was launched which continued throughout the day yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe hasn\u2019t been found yet nor has the boat she was on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Civil Guard\u2019s Judicial Police unit has been investigating this woman\u2019s disappearance but two vessels belonging to our Maritime Unit were mobilised yesterday along with one from the specialist sub-aquatic GEAS unit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe officers from the Maritime Unit conduct the searches from speedboats and the GEAS are essentially diving specialists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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