The search for a man missing in his 10ft homemade boat off the Western Isles has been stood down, after wreckage of a boat was discovered.

Coastguards had coordinated the search off Broad Bay on east coast of the island throughout the day, after he was reported missing on Tuesday evening about 8pm when concerned relatives raised the alarm after he failed to return.

He had not left details of where he intended to go and did not have a radio, mobile phone or lifejacket with him when he set out from Brevig on Tuesday about 7 am.

The Stornoway-based Coastguard rescue helicopter, Stornoway RNLI lifeboat, Coastguard Rescue Teams from across the Isle of Lewis, Police units and Hebrides Inland Rescue were all involved in the searching for the missing man in his blue and black which was three metres long and had an outboard motor.