Police search for missing yachtsmanin Brisbane River

Police will continue the search for a missing yachtsman in the Brisbane River tomorrow.

Around 4.45pm today the man, aged in his seventies fell overboard from his vessel in the Brisbane River near the mouth of Breakfast Creek.

He was the sole occupant aboard.

Three water police vessels searched for the man until nightfall, however the search was suspended due to dangerous weather and debris within the river.

The search will resume at first light.

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