EMERGENCY services are searching for a man after a fishing trawler capsized off the Gold Coast early on Friday morning.
The 39-year-old deckhand has now been missing for over 13 hours after he was washed overboard when the 50-foot boat flipped around 2am (AEST).
The skipper of the boat, who was later rescued by the crew of the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter, was trapped in an air-pocket inside the vessel for approximately two hours.
He told his rescuers he'd spent several hours on the stricken vessel before having to abandon the sinking vessel.
"He told us he made it to the bow and stayed there for about five hours when she started going under from the stern," helicopter crewman Tony Preston said.
"Luckily the life raft deployed and he was able to climb onto that and activate its beacon."
The 54-year-old skipper was taken to Robina Hospital with minor lacerations and hypothermia but is otherwise unharmed.
Gold Coast Water Police are continuing the search for the missing man.
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