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Adventure-seeking B.C. couple were victims found on Nova Scotia island: relative
HALIFAX — The British Columbia couple whose remains recently washed ashore on Nova Scotia’s remote Sable Island have been identified as 70-year-old James Brett Clibbery and his 54-year-old wife, Sarah Packwood.
Clibbery’s sister, Lynda Spielman, said Tuesday the RCMP had confirmed their identities.
Spielman, a Calgary resident, said she’s heard many theories about what happened to the adventurous couple after June 11 when they left Halifax harbour in a 13-metre sailboat en route to the Azores.
Spielman declined to speculate on what went wrong during what was intended to be a 3,200-kilometre voyage to the Portuguese archipelago, and the Mounties have said they are still investigating.