[PROCON]

Too weird.

Heart attack? Spontaneous death due to global warming?

[cloudmountain]

He wasn't too bright if he went to sea alone.

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.

[A_Tradition_Continues]

He is waiting on Tech Support for his IPhone. Just 3 more minutes so says the recording.

[StormEye]

Don't wet yourselves Democrats.
He'll be allowed to vote in the general election.

[Rockpile]

I read the story but saw no mention of a logbook.

Should question relatives about last contact with him.

[Axenolith]

Looks like the Wraith have found earth...

[fini]

Do satellite phones work all over the world? If so, why would anyone go alone without one? They aren’t that big and the cost is minimal. Admittedly, the last one I used was 10 years ago, but the cost was $1 per minute. If you index it for inflation, it is cheaper than calling long distance in the early 70s- $.25/minute.

[Daffynition]

Well, like Steve Fossett, he died doing what he loved. Rest his soul.

[JimRed]

This is the mummified body of a German adventurer who was found dead drifting on his abandoned yacht...

Does not appear that he abandoned his yacht...derelict might be a better choice of words.

[Buttons12]

Too weird indeed. Words like mummified and abandoned must mean something else where this was written.
Happened in a tropical climate, too. Before mummification a body decomposes and in the heat may actually explode. That body doesn’t look at all like it should. Photoshopping out the details may have occurred, but still — he’s sitting and his head’s still attached. At sea it should have been flopping around a lot and fallen off.
So...not buying this story as written.

[b4its2late]

Probably trying to get a better deal out of his cable company and died while waiting for the customer service rep in Germany to find someone who actually spoke German.