A Newcastle woman says an Australian cruise company should have been better prepared for adverse weather after a holiday scuba dive in Fiji almost ended in disaster when a dive boat disappeared.

Stuart Pedersen was killed in a boating incident off Cape Brett.SUNLIVE / Stuff Coastguard Northern Region said the four sailors abandoned ... the yacht was returning to New Zealand from Fiji.

One person has died during an incident involving a New Zealand-flagged yacht off Fiji, says Maritime New Zealand’s Rescue Coordination Centre. There were three people on-board when the vessel ...