Man drowns while crayfishing in states third boating emergency in 24 hours

A man is dead after a metal dingy capsized in rough conditions off a beach north of Perth. A second man was also thrown into the water at Jindalee Beach following the incident at 6.45am on Tuesday. The men were crayfishing before their metal dingy was overturned by deceptively rough waters. WA Police said the men were pulled from the water by nearby vessels before being taken to shore where paramedics were waiting at the nearby Mindarie Marina boat ramp. One of the men – a 70-year-old – was unresponsive when pulled from the water and was pronounced dead after CPR failed to revive him. Police said a second man aged 72 was taken to Joondalup Hospital where he was being treated for hypothermia. Efforts by WA water police to recover the vessel were unsuccessful due to rough water conditions. The Department of Transport has been alerted of the sinking due to its status as a shipping hazard. It comes after another incident off Mindarie beach occurred just 13 hours earlier when three people triggered an EPIRB around 5.30pm. Earlier that day, another boating emergency occurred when two men aged in their 30s and 60s fled a luxury yacht via emergency dingy after the vessel went up in flames. Emergency services received reports a large 21m boat was on fire about 1km off the cost of Cottesloe about 8.25am on Monday. All passengers survived.