Christopher Rivas and his colleagues were about to turn their fishing boat for home when they noticed the half-submerged hull of the yacht Sajo sitting in the water about 60 miles off the coast of the southern Philippines. 
 
 It had been more than a year since anyone had heard from the 40ft Sajo’s 59-year-old German skipper, Manfred Fritz Bajorat. It did not take long for Mr Rivas to discover why as he scrambled on board to help. 
 
 Warning: graphic image below 
 
 The Filipino fisherman found Mr Bajorat’s body sat next to the vessel’s bank of radio transmitters. Such had been the dry, salty conditions since the unexplained death of the German sailor that his corpse had been mummified in its final position, slumped over a table used for charts with the transmitter handset just inches away. 
 
 Police in the port of Barobo, about 700 miles south of Manila, where Mr Rivas towed the Sajo, said that a post-mortem examination had found no evidence of foul play and it was believed Mr Bajorat had died of natural causes, possibly from a heart attack. 
 
 His identity had been established using documentation, including dozens of photographs, found on board the yacht, which it is believed had been drifting for months in the Pacific Ocean before Mr Rivas and his fellow fishermen came upon the wreck. 
 
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 The discovery signifies a sobering end to what had started as a life of adventure for Mr Bajorat and his wife, Claudia. The couple had begun sailing around the globe about 20 years ago, but their marriage did not survive their travels and they broke up in 2008. 
 
 Two years later, Claudia died from cancer while on the French island of Martinique. Mr Bajorat posted a tribute online to his former wife, saying: “Thirty years we’ve been together on the same path. Then the power of the demons was stronger than the will to live.” 
 
 The mariner, from the Ruhr region of Germany, continued his voyages alone, sailing between Europe and the Pacific. 
 
 Reports in German media said that Mr Bajorat had taken to the waves to avoid central Europe’s bitter winters, which he disliked. 
 
 Photographs found on board the £130,000 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. 
 
 Two other documents chronicled a journey taken by the Bajorats on board a large container ship with certificates recording their crossing of the Equator, naming Manfred as “Tiger Shark” and Claudia as “Angel Fish”. 
 
 Mr Bajorat, who is believed to leave behind a daughter who works as the captain of a freight vessel, is not thought to have been in contact with anyone since he sent a birthday message to a friend on Facebook a year ago. 
 
 Police are investigating whether Mr Bajorat may have been trying to send a mayday message at the time that he died. 
 
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 The mummified body of a German adventurer has been discovered on his abandoned yacht - which silently drifted around the world for years. 
 
 Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59, was found by two fishermen at the weekend off the coast of the Philippines. 
 
 His body was discovered near the radio telephone on the 40ft yacht called Sayo, as if he was trying one last desperate mayday call. 
 
 The tragic sailor has also penned a haunting final message to his wife Claudia, who died from cancer in 2010. 
 
 The note read: "Thirty years we're been together on the same path. Then the power of the demons was stronger than the will to live. 
 
 "You're gone. May your soul find its peace. Your Manfred." 
 
 (Photo: Barobo Police handout) 
 
 (Photo: Facebook / Barobo Police Station) 
 
 It is not clear how long he had been dead and for how many years his yacht had been drifting, but no reported sightings of him have been mentioned since 2009. 
 
 Inside the cabin were found photo albums, clothes and tins of food strewn all over the interior. 
 
 He was floating nearly 40 miles from the coast of the Philippines in the Pacific Ocean when the fishermen spotted the drifting vessel and boarded it. 
 
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 The mast was broken and much of the cabin was underwater, but what killed the skipper is unclear. 
 
 Dry ocean winds, hot temperatures and the salty air helped preserve his body. He was identified by paperwork found on the vessel. 
 
 (Photo: EPA) 
 
 (Photo: Facebook / Barobo Police Station) 
 
 It is unclear how long he has been dead. Police are trying to retrace his last voyages and find the last people to speak with him. 
 
 He broke up with his wife in 2008, who had been on his travels with him, and she later died from cancer. 
 
 In 2009 in Mallorca he met another world sailer called Dieter who told Germany's BILD newspaper: "He was a very experienced sailor. I don't believe he would have sailed into a storm. 
 
 "I believe the mast broke after Manfred was already dead." 
 
 (Photo: EPA) 
 
 (Photo: Facebook / Barobo Police Station) 
 
 His body was taken for an autopsy in Butuan City, the yacht was towed for a police inspection into the port of Barobo. 
 
 Police spokeswoman Goldie Lou Siega in the Philippines said; "We have no evidence of a second person aboard and no weapon was found on the yacht." 
 
 Dr Mark Benecke, a forensic criminologist in the city of Cologne, told BILD: "The way he is sitting seems to indicate that death was unexpected, perhaps from a heart attack." 
 
 The German embassy in Manila is working with local officials to trace his family in Germany. 
 
 It is believed he has a daughter called Nina who works as the captain of a freight vessel. ||||| WARNING: Graphic images. 
 
 THE mummified body of a German adventurer has been discovered inside an abandoned yacht. 
 
 The grisly discovery came after two fishermen off the coast of the Philippines alerted authorities to a drifting vessel. 
 
 The body, found slumped near the boat’s radio telephone, has been identified as 59-year-old Manfred Fritz Bajorat. 
 
 Inspector Mark Navales said the cause of death was unclear, but there were no signs of foul play. 
 
 “It is still a mystery to us,” said Navales, adding it looked like Bajorat “was sleeping”. 
 
 It is yet unclear how long Bajorat had been missing, but sightings of him have not been reported since 2009. 
 
 It was unclear how long Bajorat had been dead on the yacht, which was found on Thursday by fishermen in the Philippine Sea about 100 kilometres from Barabo. 
 
 Items inside the yacht were scattered, according to Navales, who said the man’s wallet was not found but that the yacht’s radio, GPS and other valuable items were still there. 
 
 Local police spokeswoman Goldie Lou Siega in the Philippines said: “We have no evidence of a second person aboard and no weapon was found on the yacht.” 
 
 Decomposing body of German found inside yacht 0:33 The decomposing body of a German national was found inside a yacht in Surigao del Sur, Philippines. Courtesy: YouTube/ABS-CBN News. 
 
 Dr Mark Benecke, a forensic criminologist in the German city of Cologne, told BILD newspaper: “The way he is sitting seems to indicate that death was unexpected, perhaps from a heart attack.” 
 
 Officials said dry ocean winds and the salty air helped to preserve his body. 
 
 As authorities tried to put together the circumstances of Bajorat’s death, details of his private life have started to emerge, according to The Sun. 
 
 He began his travels with his wife in 2008, but the couple subsequently split up. She later died from cancer. 
 
 FOUND DEAD PERSON-About 4:00 in the afternoon of February 26, 2016, personnel of Barobo PS received information from... Posted by Barobo Police Station on Friday, February 26, 2016 
 
 In 2009 Bajorat is said to have met another sailor, identified only as Dieter, who told BILD that Bajorat was an “experienced sailor.” 
 
 “I don’t believe he would have sailed into a storm,” he said. “I believe the mast broke after Manfred was already dead.” 
 
 The German embassy in the Philippine capital, Manila, has been notified and is now working on locating Bajorat’s family. 
 
 He is believed to have a daughter who works as the captain of a freight vessel. 
 
 Here are photos that were taken when Bajorat's boat was found. Photos of the interior of his boat as well as a photo album he had on board. Posted by GHOST of Florida Paranormal Society on Monday, February 29, 2016 
 
 — With The Sun.
– Fishermen spotted a yacht with a broken mast drifting near the Philippines on Feb. 26 and discovered the owner inside, but the story doesn't have a happy ending. Manfred Fritz Bajorat, 59, was slumped beside the ship's radio telephone, long dead and apparently mummified by the ocean's hot temperatures and salty, dry winds, the Mirror reports. What police found pointed to a life of adventure and a marriage that collapsed along the way. What isn't clear is how or when Bajorat died: "It is still a mystery to us," a detective on Mindanao Island tells the Telegraph. Police say there's no evidence of another person on board and no weapon was in the partly flooded cabin. Neither was Bajorat's wallet, but expensive items like a GPS system were still on board the $180,000 yacht, Australia's News Network reports. A doctor suggests he might have died suddenly of a heart attack. Documentation and recovered photos helped authorities identify Bajorat, a German adventurer who began sailing the world with his wife, Claudia, 20 years ago, the Independent reports. Photos of them picnicking and visiting the Arc de Triomphe in Paris indicate a carefree life, but they split in 2008 and Claudia died of cancer two years later. "Thirty years we've been together on the same path," wrote Bajorat in an online tribute. "Then the power of the demons was stronger than the will to live." Bajorat continued sailing between the Pacific and Europe, and his final position indicates he might have been seeking help by radio. "He was a very experienced sailor," says a fellow seaman. "I don't believe he would have sailed into a storm. I believe the mast broke after Manfred was already dead." An autopsy is pending. (Japanese cab drivers reported "ghost passengers" after the tsunami.)