A search has been launched for a yacht that left Tauranga on Friday and has not yet arrived Gisborne.
The 11 metre yacht, Tafadzwa, set sail on Friday, and the skipper and sole occupant were last heard from during a cell phone call at 1.30pm, Friday.

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Police were called when he failed to arrive at work on Monday.
A search plane carrying three observers left Hamilton on Tuesday at 10.30am to search the coast and ocean off the East Cape between Tauranga and Gisborne.
Search coordinator Keith Allen says they have not determined the extent of the search area, because they do not know how far offshore the yacht sailed.
The yacht was well equipped with an emergency locator beacon and flares, but the skipper has not responded to marine radio broadcasts. There was a VHF radio onboard.
Today's forecast for the area is for 4m swells, but Keith says the greater concern is the yacht may have encountered the severe southerly storm that moved up the East Coast on Friday night.

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