German man found dead on drifting yacht in southern Philippines

Manfred Fritz Bajorat was just 59-years-old. However, it’s not clear what killed Bajorat, described as an “adventurer”, or how long he has been dead.

Although much of the main cabin was at least partially underwater, investigators were able to find some photo albums, clothes and canned food items.

‘Thirty years we’re been together on the same path. Then the power of the demons was stronger than the will to live.

Bajorat’s body was preserved mostly due to the salty air, dry ocean winds and hot temperatures. She has since died from cancer, the publication reports. Documents found within the boat were used by authorities to identify the body.

A friend said that he’d last heard from Bajorat about a year ago on his birthday.

Another sailor called Dieter told Der Bild: “He was a very experienced sailor”.

“The doctor believes that the man died of natural causes, and there is no evidence of foul play”, he said.

Inspector Mark Navales has said that an investigation is ongoing, but there is not an exact cause of death yet for the explorer on the ghost ship. The sail of the yatch was broken, said Rivas. “I believe the mast broke after Manfred was already dead”, he told the paper.

“The way he is sitting seems to indicate death was unexpected, perhaps from a heart attack”.

Reports reaching the PNP National Operation Center, in Camp Crame, said the Barobo Municipal Police Station (MPS) received a phone call at around 4 p.m. from a concerned citizen that a yacht was seen floating off the coast of the said town.

The Philippine authorities soon got in touch with the German embassy in Manila to get more information on Bajorat.

Photographs found on board the €160,000 yacht showed carefree family moments – a sea-water damaged picture of picnic with friends or relatives, a Polaroid of a visit to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and an image of children playing in the snow.