Police have released the name of the man who died in the annual yacht race on Lake Te Anau in Fiordland.
He was 68-year-old Howard Robert Phillips of Invercargill.
Police and ambulance responded to the incident Saturday afternoon where an occupant of a yacht had fallen into the water.
Several other vessels also joined the search, and a man was located in the water a short time later.
Attempts to revive him with CPR were unsuccessful.
Enquiries on behalf of the coroner are being undertaken by police.
Newshub.