A 406 beacon was detected registered to a 4.5m runabout with one person on-board.
The RAC Rescue Helicopter deployed from Perth located one man in the water next to his capsized vessel and winched him to safety.
“The EPIRB saved his life – if he had been in the water for a long-time he would have got hyperthermia,” Bunbury Sea RescueCommander James Armstrong said.
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http://www.bunburymail.com.au/story/3094166/bunbury-man-winched-from-the-sea-after-boat-capsizing/