A man has died in the North today after the dinghy he was in capsized. Another man and two children were also on the boat.
The alarm was raised at around 11.30am when an instructor from the nearby Newtownards sailing club spotted the overturned vessel in calm waters about a quarter of a mile from the shore.
With the help of crew from an incoming boat, he brought the four to safety.
One of the men from the Laser 2000 sailing dinghy was given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and the other members of the group were also treated for shock when they arrived at the shore.
The four were then taken by ambulance to the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald. One of the men was later pronounced dead.
The lifeboat, PSNI and the Coastguard all assisted in the rescue operation.