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Fraser Barton and Savannah Meacham

Beloved skipper killed, four rescued after boat capsize

A man has died after a fishing boat capsized at Mooloolaba on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

A well-known boatie has died after a vessel overturned on a dangerous sandbar, forcing a passenger to swim to safety using an esky.

The commercial fishing charter boat was navigating the sandbar at Mooloolaba in Queensland's Sunshine Coast before being struck by a wave and flipping on Wednesday morning.

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