Deaths on Cammeray yacht: Inside the $300,000 luxury yacht where a tragic couple mysteriously died in Sydney Harbour – amid fears they lay dead for days

The impressive yacht on which a man and woman were found dead at night was a $300,000 luxury vessel that had been sailing a race along the east coast of Australia.

The lifeless bodies of the couple, aged in their early 60s, were found in the 15-metre Taloha when NSW Water Police boarded the vessel at around 9pm on Wednesday.

The family boat, previously owned by a couple from Church Point on the Northern Beaches, was moored at Tunks Park Marina in Cammeray, on Sydney’s North Shore.

The couple reportedly told friends they would spend Monday night on the boat, but when they failed to return, the alarm was raised.

New details are now emerging about the couple, who arrived at the boat ramp, which is next to a busy park in Middle Harbour, in two separate cars.

It is now feared they may have been dead on board for days before their bodies were found.

Firefighters initially entered the yacht wearing breathing apparatus, fearing there might be harmful gases on board.

A man who wished to remain anonymous rushed to the scene because he feared it was his friends.

Sydney Water Police and fire and rescue workers at the scene where the bodies of a couple were found on a luxury yacht on Thursday, three days after they were last seen by their loved ones

The 47-foot yacht Taloha was resold in 2022 and was previously owned by a couple from Church Point, then became a family boat and also a racing yacht along the East Coast

“I have two friends who fit that description, who are doing renovations and who camped out overnight on their yacht,” the man said, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Police said at a press conference on Thursday afternoon that the dead man was the owner of the boat, but that the cause of death was “not yet clear” before the autopsy took place.

Detective Inspector Siobhan Munro said police were still investigating whether “a criminal offence was involved” in the “hours-long” investigation.

“Nothing has been ruled out at this point,” she said.

Police know the identity of the dead couple, who are from Sydney, but do not know which area the yacht was in.

But they have not yet released their names as the investigation continues and detectives comb the neighborhood and nearby marinas on the north coast.

The yacht features three en suite cabins, mahogany fittings and a stone galley, and raced competitively from Newport to Airlie Beach in 2014. Queensland.

The vessel is believed to have been last sold in 2022 and the vessel’s annual registration was only renewed four weeks ago.

According to a boating expert who knows Taloha personally, the fumes concern is the result of a gas leak from the cooking equipment in the galley, or carbon monoxide from the engine or a heater.

The bodies of a couple in their 50s or 60s were found inside the mahogany-clad luxury yacht Taloha on Thursday morning after they failed to return home on Tuesday

Emergency services were called to a mooring at Tunks Park last night due to concerns for the welfare of two people believed to be on the 47ft yacht (pictured are emergency services at the scene)

When police arrived and boarded Taloha (above, the scene of the crime on Thursday), they found the bodies of a man and a woman in their 60s

“Every ship needs a gas certificate which has to be renewed every 10 years,” he said.

‘(A gas leak) is not unheard of. It has happened before and [especially] when the boat was completely closed because it was cold. What a terrible tragedy.’

A number of items found on the boat were taken by police for forensic examination. The two bodies were then carried off the ship.

An autopsy will be performed in the coming days to confirm the identity of the man and woman and determine the cause of death.

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.