Reaching for cockpit cushion spells night death for Lake sailor.

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8:43 PM Tue 10 Aug 2010 GMT

'Beda Murer, CEO of Napac Schweiz, drowned after falling off yacht' .

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 ...

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