Friends and fellow sailors mourned double Olympic medalist Andrew 'Bart' Simpson after the shocking news that he had died in San Francisco Bay while training for the America's Cup.
The British sailor's death followed the capsizing Wednesday of a 72-foot Artemis Racing boat during a training run.
After Simpson, 36, was pulled from the water, attempts were made to revive him on a boat aiding the rescue operation and on land, but they were unsuccessful.
The other 10 crew members were all accounted for, Sweden's Artemis Racing said.
'The entire Artemis Racing team is devastated by what happened,' Artemis Racing chief executive Paul Cayard told reporters in Alameda, the city in eastern San Francisco Bay where the team is based.
'Our prayers are with Andrew Simpson's family, his wife and kids, and also the rest of my teammates. It's a shocking experience to go through, and we have a lot to deal with in the next few days in terms of assuring everybody's well being.'
Cayard said the catamaran was 'under control' but that the team's first concern was for its people.
Simpson won a gold medal in sailing's Star class at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and silver at last year's Olympics, when Britain was the host nation.
Swedish Artemis team member Magnus Augustson told Sweden's daily newspaper Aftonbladet he was shaken by the accident and greatly .