Three people who disappeared on a yachting trip in Foveaux Strait almost two years ago drowned, Coroner David Crerar has found.
Two young German tourists and their inexperienced skipper vanished on April 16, 2014, after setting out from Bluff Harbour in a 7.7m fibreglass yacht named Munetra.
Skipper Andre Kinzler, a 33-year-old Winton dairy farm worker, and German students Veronika Steudler and Lea Tietz, both 19, were on board.
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They have not been seen since.