Race organisers say former war crimes investigator suffered a heart attack while skippering a boat from the Canary Islands to Antigua
A former Australian spy and war crimes investigator has died skippering a rowing boat in a race across the Atlantic Ocean.
Alisdair Putt, who had planned to spend his 62nd birthday on the boat, suffered a heart attack while competing in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic rowing race from the Canary Islands to Antigua.