RECORD-breaking Hampshire sailor Dee Caffari was due to arrive in Spain this morning after spending 48 hours adrift in dangerously rough seas in the Bay of Biscay.

The 34-year-old from Southampton was due to arrive in the Spanish port of La Coruna after being towed by a tug to shore following her disastrous mast-snapping incident earlier in the week.

Dee was left drifting after her mast snapped 300 miles from the finish line in France during her latest trans-Atlantic race from the Brazilian town of Bahia to the Brittany coast.

But determined not to abandon her ten-year-old yacht, Dee decided to stick it out in the gale-force winds until help in the form of a tug arrived from Spain to begin towing her back to shore.

On Wednesday night she was joined by the British Frigate HMS Northumberland, which circled Dee's stranded vessel throughout the night to ensure she was not accidentally hit by other shipping.

Crews also treated the sailor to a welcome treat the following morning, when they despatched their rigid inflatable boat over to her complete with a bacon sandwich and medical supplies.

The rescue boat sent out to tow her back to harbour arrived yesterday afternoon, and linked up with Dee's yacht Aviva before beginning the 12-hour tow back to dry land.