A capsized catamaran, believed to be the craft that disappeared more than a year ago with three South Africans on board, was found last week but soon lost again. The upturned catamaran broke free from the tug boat Peridot on Tuesday night while under tow south of Cape Hangklip, the Centre for Sea Watch and Response confirmed yesterday.Maritime officials were hoping to identify the boat, and thereby bring closure to the families of the missing crew."They did connect up [to the boat] and they lost her on the 26th [of January]," said Ravi Naicker, national operations manager at the Centre for Sea Watch and Response.An electronic satellite tracker fitted to the capsized vessel by the National Sea Rescue Institute crewmen when they located the boat on Friday has stopped working, Naicker said.The wrecked yacht's movements have been carefully monitored by a large international audience via a Facebook group, with regular updates from family and friends of the missing crew.Speculation about the identity of the craft quickly turned to dismay when it emerged the catamaran was once again adrift."We, the families of our beloved three men, are completely shocked, and traumatised to hear that the Peridot tug has possibly lost what we believe to be the Sunsail hull that could have held so many answers for us and been a significant step towards our desperately needed closure," said Storme Robertson, a spokesperson for the group.Sunsail RC044-978 disappeared in January last year about 2000 nautical miles northwest of Perth, Australia, in stormy conditions while under delivery to a charter company in Phuket. On board were sailors Anthony Murray, Reg Robertson and Jaryd Payne.Officials of parent company TUI Marine said last week they believed the upturned vessel under tow was indeed their missing catamaran.The NSRI has been unable to make a positive identification...