Mr Todd, a beloved sailor with the Greenwich Yachting Club in London, set off a distress beacon on January 25 around 50 miles west of France.
It was his last contact before the search for Mr Todd was called off the following day after divers who winched down to the yacht, called Tiger PA, found no sign of the sailor.
Charles Todd, 73, is feared dead after rescuers found the wreckage of his yacht days after he set off to sail solo to the Caribbean.
The north of Spain and western France have had heavy rain and wind during Storm Herminia, which was named by Spanish meteorologists because the country was expected to experience the worst of the conditions.
His daughter Nadine Gowan told the BBC that Mr Todd was sailing to the Caribbean when the tragedy occurred.
