Reaching for cockpit cushion spells night death for Lake sailor.
by Sail-World Cruising on 11 Aug 2010
Beda Murer, CEO of Napac Schweiz, drowned after falling off yacht SW
Reaching for a cushion blown overboard from his yacht has spelled death for a Swiss eco-businessman this week it has been confirmed, after his body was found in Lake Constance in Switzerland.
Beda Murer, 49, CEO of the eco-friendly technology company Napac Schweiz, had sailed across Lake Constance with his girlfriend to a restaurant for a romantic dinner.
Sailing back home after the interlude, an unexpected gust of wind blew one of the cockpit cushions overboard. Murer reached for it, fell overboard, and disappeared in the dark. His girlfriend, of German nationality, unable to rescue him, raised the alarm. A four day search ensued.
Police have now confirmed that a body pulled out of the water is that of the missing millionaire.
Murer was wearing neither life jacket nor harness.
Murer headed a company, the eco-friendly Napac Schweiz, which aimed to replace plastics with organic materials, using peanut shells, coconut fibres, hemp and rice husks. The company is based in Sirnach, Switzerland.
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