Crayfish vessel owner's body found The remains of the owner of a crayfish vessel who went missing at the weekend was found on Tuesday morning. Peter John Raubenheimer, 57, was reported missing at 02:30 on Saturday in Namibian waters near Oranjemund after his boat broke down.
Police spokesperson Edwin Kanguatjivi yesterday confirmed that his body was found by a search-and-rescue team on Tuesday at 10:30.
He said strong waves had washed the body ashore.
According to Kanguatjivi the body will be taken to the Lüderitz mortuary for a post-mortem.
He said no foul play was suspected.
The police previously reported that Raubenheimer had been sailing from Cape Town to Lüderitz when his vessel experienced problems.
There were two other crew members on the newly bought crayfish vessel MV Caladero.
The ship''s propeller was damaged in the Oranjemund area. It is not clear what exactly happened, but Raubenheimer apparently left the vessel after the problem was identified. He then disappeared.
The two other men are the Aldo Zane Peterson, 46, an engineer, and Derrek Bradley Bester, 20.
ELLANIE SMIT