The brother of a man who is lost at sea has returned home to Tauranga exhausted after spending a week searching for him.
Peter Blair hoped to have some answers this morning.
Mr Blair has barely slept after brother Kerry Blair, 55, went missing from the Marlborough Sounds when he launched his 9m aluminium boat, Erie, nine days ago.
The boat was found drifting 200km off the Taranaki coast on Sunday. Mr Blair said a Royal New Zealand Navy ship was last night en route to pick up the boat and see if Kerry Blair was on board.
The family hoped to hear from the Navy by about midnight last night.