Sad update in search for missing boatie
A major air and sea search was launched after residents reported hearing cries for help on the Gold Coast.
A frantic search for a boatie missing on the Gold Coast has ended in tragedy, with police retrieving the body of a 55 year old from the waters off Hope Island.
Emergency services were called to the Boykambil Esplanade boat ramp after residents heard a man calling out for help on Sunday about 7.10pm.
It is believed the man, who lived on a sailboat in the Broadwater, had tried to paddle a broken-down tinnie he had been working on onshore back to his vessel, Queensland Police said in a statement this morning.
Police said they later found the power boat empty in Coombabah Creek.
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Marine Rescue Queensland crews, water police, the Polair aircraft and a rescue helicopter, as well as the police dive team, launched a search for the man but had to pause until first light on Monday.
That search resumed at 6am.
Sadly, the body of the 55-year-old man was found by officers at the mouth of Saltwater Creek about 8.45am.
Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious and they would prepare a report for the coroner.
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