EXCLUSIVE NEWS: UK Missing Yachtsmen Father Can't Believe Search Called Off So Early'

The father of one of four yachtsmen missing in the Atlantic Ocean has pleaded for the search for them to be resumed saying the sailors needed to be "given a chance". David Bridge told Sky News he was "devastated" to hear the US Coastguard had called off the rescue mission on Sunday due to treacherous weather conditions. He said the group had set off a personal locator beacon suggesting the group were in a life raft. Contact with Andrew Bridge, 21, James Male, 23, Steve Warren, 52, and Paul Goslin, 56, was lost in the early hours of Friday while they were diverting to the Azores. The overturned hull of a yacht matching the description of the Cheeki Rafiki was spotted and photographed by a cargo vessel assisting the search. It reported no there were no signs of life on board and no life raft, however no one from the Greek-registered 1,000ft container ship Maersk Kure tried to climb down to the yacht to check if anyone was trapped alive inside. The crew was returning from Antigua Sailing Week in the 40ft yacht when it ran into difficulties 620 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Mr Bridge said he last heard from Andrew, 21, as they prepared to leave Antigua. Speaking from Farnham, Surrey he told Sky News: "They were just happy to be on their way. "He's very experienced, he's done a lot of offshore racing. I think he's equipped as anybody would be." He had been told in conference calls with the American authorities that they felt "they have done enough" after searching more than 4,000 square miles of the ocean for pings from the vessel's personal locator beacons over two days. But he said the search should be resumed while doubts over their fate remain. "They need to go out there and carry on searching.They should give them another chance," he said. And Mr Bridge's aunt, Georgie Bridge, told Sky News the sailor's family remains hopeful that the crew will be found alive. "Obviously the family are really concerned that the search has been suspended and we are really hoping that it will be resumed," she said. Missing Yachtsmen: 'Give Sailors Another Chance' Video: Contact with the men was lost on Friday Video: Call To Resume Search For Missing Sailors Missing yachtsmen: MP adds pressure on US Coastguard to resume search Four feared dead on UK yacht Four Britons missing at sea after yacht 'capsized' in middle of Atlantic Questions raised about hunt for missing British yachtsmen Families of missing British yachtsmen plead for US to resume search Missing yachtsmen: MP backs calls to resume Atlantic search Missing yachtsmen: Search called off with four Britons feared dead Missing yachtsmen: MP adds pressure on US Coastguard to resume search MP urges resumption of yacht search Antigua Sailing Week: Cheeki Rafiki statement Missing yachtsmen: MP back calls to resume Atlantic search Two Somerset sailors feared drowned as four missing after yacht capsizes in ... Search CALLED OFF for four Britons missing at sea amid yacht capsize fears Search called off for British yacht lost in Atlantic storms Missing Yachtsmen: Pleas For Search To Resume MP adds pressure on US Coastguard to resume search for missing yachtsmen MP urges search for missing Somerset sailors to resume Pictured: Four Britons feared dead after yacht capsizes in the Atlantic Cheeki Rafiki Families Beg US Coastguard To Resume Search For Missing British Yachtsmen Four Britons Missing As Yacht Feared Capsized In Atlantic Ocean While Sailing From Antigua To UK Calls For New Search For Southampton Yacht's Sailors Missing yachtsmen: MP backs families' calls for Atlantic search to resume Search called off for British yachtsmen missing in Atlantic Missing yacht: Family urge US coastguard to continue search for missing ... EXCLUSIVE: Missing sailor's father can't believe search called off so early' UK Missing Yachtsmen,Missing Sailors UK,Four dead on UK yacht,Four Britons missing,missing British yachtsmen,British yacht lost in Atlantic storms,Cape Cod,Atlantic,Cheeki Rafiki,Missing Persons,UK NEWS,Vessel,Yacht,Andrew Bridge,Antigua Sailing Week,James Male,Paul Goslin,Steve Warren,Cheeki Rafiki Families,Southampton Yacht Sailors,Missing yacht,Missing sailor father,UK yacht,Families of missing British yachtsmen,missing Somerset sailors,