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Premium Content Subscriber only The daughter of 90-year-old Peter Warner, who lost his life after falling overboard at the Ballina bar on Tuesday morning, has praised him as a "great seafarer." Mr Warner recently made headlines after he rescued six Tongan boys from what was supposedly a deserted island. His daughter, Janet Warner, left has paid tribute to her father. "He was a great seafarer and passed away (Tuesday) morning after a night-time sail up from Yamba on his new boat," Ms Warner said. "The conditions were favourable otherwise he would not have attempted the voyage." A boat ov...

A boat trip on the far north coast has turned to tragedy, after a yacht capsized while crossing the Ballina bar, throwing a 90-year-old man overboard. The victim - three-time Sydney to Hobart winner Peter Warner - died despite the brave efforts of a teenage family friend, who managed to get him ... by Lachlan Grant | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather

One of Australia's most celebrated sailors has died after his yacht capsized in rough seas on the NSW North Coast this morning. Peter Warner, 90, won three Sydney to Hobarts in the 1960s, but it was his rescue of marooned youngsters in the South Pacific that made him famous around the world. Warner's yacht rolled on the incoming tide on the Ballina bar just before 9am today, throwing the 90-year-old and a teenager with him overboard. READ MORE: Peter Warner in a recent photograph (left), and in 1960 (left in right image) with the commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club, Mr. D.M. Brown, preparing...

A boat trip on the far north coast has turned to tragedy, after a yacht capsized while crossing the Ballina bar, throwing a 90-year-old man overboard. The victim - three-time Sydney to Hobart winner Peter Warner - died despite the brave efforts of a teenage family friend, who managed to get him ... by Lachlan Grant | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather

Mano Totau and Sione Fataua shared their stunning survival story in a 60 Minutes special aired Sunday They were teens studying at a Tonga boarding school when they and four friends decided to steal a whaling boat and travel to Fiji in June of 1965 The joyride took a grim turn when a storm ripped apart the engineless boat and left them drifting for days They eventually landed on the volcanic island of 'Ata, where they were stranded for 15 months  Totau and Fataua described how they lived on raw fish and birds and built a makeshift compound to survive It wasn't until September 1966 that sailor...