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Pascal Schürmann

 · 01.06.2006

Body of father of regatta sailor found on IJsselmeer island

Employees of the Dutch Forestry Commission came across the body of the 53-year-old German man floating on the shore of a small island in the IJsselmeer. He had fallen out of his support boat during the Holland Regatta off Medemblik a week ago and had been missing ever since.

The victim was the father of a German C-squad sailor. He had been watching his daughter from his private motorboat during a race. According to the Dutch organisers, the boat was found unattended at midday. The immediate search and rescue operation, in which the police and coastguard were involved, was unsuccessful.

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Pascal Schürmann

Pascal Schürmann

Editor YACHT

Pascal Schürmann joined YACHT in Hamburg in 2001. As head of copywriting and head of the editorial team, he makes sure that all articles make it into the magazine on time and that they are both informative and entertaining to read. He was born in the Bergisches Land region near Cologne. He learned how to handle the tiller and sheet as a teenager in a touring dinghy on the Sneeker Meer and on a tall ship on the IJsselmeer. During and after his studies, he sailed on the Baltic Sea and in the Mediterranean. As a trained business journalist, he is also responsible for boat financing and yacht insurance reports at YACHT, but also has a soft spot for blue water topics.

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