Posted on 02/29/2016 10:59:20 AM PST by PROCON
This is the mummified body of a German adventurer who was found dead drifting on his abandoned yacht at the weekend off the coast of southern Philippines.
Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59, was discovered by two fishermen aboard his yacht in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Barobo town in Surigao del Sur.
His body was sitting near to the radio telephone as if he was trying one last desperate Mayday call to save himself when he died.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I’m thinking that the people who found the yacht could not get anyone’s attention, and presumed it abandoned before boarding. I would still consider this an abandoned or derelict yacht.
Owner abandoned it but not necessarily willingly. If you’re washed overboard, it’s the same difference. The boat ends up abandoned.
Dad gave him that "dad look" and said "not at all. Adventures mean someone was not planning."
Exactly. Beats the hell out of Nurse Ratchet catheter sessions in some godforsaken ALF where the help doesn’t habla. If the bastards who found him had any respect, they would have gone Viking for him.
I got issues with this.
I live on a sailboat myself. It is usually very humid below decks even in the dry season.
I don’t see him drying out like that, unless he drifted from Alaska or something and mummified there.
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Poor guy probably salt-cured due to the sea air.
Somehow I don't think he minded too much.
The story says he was dead “more than 4 days”. How about 4 years?
From the article: 'A friend told BILD that he last heard of him one year ago on Facebook for his birthday.'
TOO many things can happen, such as:.
rogue wave
heart attack
step on something very sharp and need a doctor
trip and fall and hit head
"Jaws" eats boat
engine dies for some unknown reason
etc.
That sounds like my life slogan. “It’s not an adventure until something goes wrong.”
Like going camping and coming home with a broken elbow. Yep, that would be my son this weekend. He slipped on some ice while winter camping and came down hard.
He is waiting on Tech Support for his IPhone. Just 3 more minutes so says the recording.
That comment may have been about the automatic Facebook "It's Manfred's Birthday" messages, not an actual contact initiated by the deceased. From the looks of Manfred and his boat, he's been dead longer than one year. Other articles mentioned that he hadn't been seen since 2009 (before his wife died).
The letter to his (ex-) wife sounded as though he'd just learned of her death. His Facebook profile photo was updated in September, 2011. That may be the last evidence that he was alive.
Check out the photos - the boat had a lot of water sloshing around below decks. Perhaps the keel prevented it from capsizing.
I read the story but saw no mention of a logbook.
Should question relatives about last contact with him.
Looks like the Wraith have found earth...
“At least I didn’t die forgotten hooked up to tubes in ICU.”
Looks like the boat has been rolled at least once. Mast and verything on deck destroyed. The Jenneau 44 is a pretty nice boat, we’ve bareboated one in the Virgin Islands, but I don’t think I’d single-hand one in the Pacific. Not meant to be ocean cruisers, really. RIP sir.
He was trying to enroll in Obamacare...
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