The search for missing yachtie Paul Van Rensburg and his steel hulled yacht Tafadzwa resumed at dawn.
Paul, 40, an experienced sailor, and his dog Juanita set out from Tauranga on Friday to sail to Gisborne and was reported overdue on Monday.

An RNZAF P3 Orion and a twin engined Piper Navajo have covered an area of about 44,000 square miles over the last two days.
The search area stretched from the Mercury Islands to Gisborne, and out to about 200 nautical miles offshore.
'RCCNZ have been working round the clock to examine as many potential scenarios as possible and devise search area plans to allow for those scenarios,” says Rescue Coordination Centre mission controller Keith Allen.
Today's search area is expected to be towards the north of the areas covered on Wednesday.

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