Solo sailor Thomas Tangvald set off from Cayenne, French Guiana, on March 4 2014, aboard Oasis, a 34ft wooden sloop known as a ‘nativo’ – a Puerto Rican racing craft. He was never seen again. Thomas, 38, carried more emotional baggage than anyone should have to be burdened with and was probably suffering from PTSD.
Had he been a city-dweller he would have disappeared without trace historically as
