On May, 21st 2009, I, captain of the "Ribbies Nest" along with my friend + neighbor left Everett Marina approximately 4:00 in the afternoon for just a leisurely boat ride.  After rounding the first buoy out of the channel I turned west and out of the wake of a boat approximately 300 yards in front.  The water was about 1' waves but weather calm, water was great no SC warnings existed.  I was doing about  12-15 mph and then my engine started to die.  Both my neighbor + I were on the fly-bridge, I went down to cabin, it was filling up fast with water.  I just had enough time to get out a mayday, make sure my neighbor and I had PFD's on and as boat sank we remained on bow until help arrived.  Cause of accident was possible dead-head collision, impact was starboard mid-ship just between water line and keel.
Everett                       