The body was found one mile south-east of Rue Point on Rathlin Island Tributes have been paid to Johnny Curry, the Rathlin Island man who was found dead in the waters off the coast of the island on Saturday. Mr Curry, who was in his sixties, was travelling from Rathlin to Ballycastle when he fell overboard.
An air and sea rescue was launched after the crew of a ferry travelling between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island spotted the empty rib-type boat.
Red Bay lifeboat discovered Mr Curry's body a mile off the island's Rue Point.
It thought something snagged in the propeller of his boat.
Seamus Blaney, who is a councillor in Ballycastle, said Mr Curry was a popular figure.
"Johnny was well known, not only in Ballycastle. I would say anybody in the boating fraternity would know him very well," Mr Blaney said.
"He ran fishing trips and that sort of thing. Anything to do with the sea, Johnny was about it."
Noel McCurdy, chairman of the Rathlin Development and Community Association, said: "Everyone's devastated - it's just so hard to take this in.
"Johnny was a well-known figure not just on the island but along the north coast and further afield in Scotland.
"He loved the sea, he loved the boats, and sadly that's how he died."
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