John Gillard,80,was fishing with a friend when a 90-foot Rottnest barge ploughed over their anchored runabout,killing the Perth grandfather,whose family are now fighting for change.
Peter Whitaker,79,said he and friend John Gillard,80,were fishing for whiting on a “brilliant” day in January 2021 when the boat he was on was “crushed like a can of sardines”.
Two women,including the mother of a West Coast Eagles player,have died after a horrific boat crash south of Perth on Saturday night.
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The men were sailing from Carnarvon to Perth and thought they would be just ahead of the severe weather warning when they got caught up in five-metre swells.
The state government is being lobbied to crack down on party boats on Sydney Harbour amid complaints from locals about noise and anti-social behaviour.
A whale sighting forced organisers to abandon the final race of the Sail GP season,but it was not enough to stop Australia from claiming the $1.3 million championship.
Australia and its main rival,the United States,have both had capsizes in preparation for the lucrative finale of the SailGP series in San Francisco.
An Indonesian fishing vessel has capsized about 600 kilometres off the country’s north-west coast,with a rescue helicopter forced to winch one survivor to safety.
WA Police say the body of a man in his 60s recovered from the water near Mandurah was the owner of a boat found idling nearby but are still working to determine what happened on Tuesday morning.
The new season of Netflix’s sports doc series Untold will recount the story of Australia’s underdog victory in the 1983 America’s Cup,with the ex-PM’s help.