The victim was drinking the night before the accident at a local tavern.  Victim is also known to frequently drink excessively.  He was last seen at approx 2200 hrs and heading back to Quarter master marina.  Victim lives aboard a small sail boat that was illegally moored in the Harbor and it is presumed he was heading to the marina to return his boat.  Victim accesses his boat using a small inflatable reregistered tender with an outboard motor.  He was discovered the next morning wearing an older unrated survival suit that appears to have provided minimal flotation.  Victim and the tender were flaoting near the dock.  When he was pulled back to the dock by an acquaintance, the engine choke was in the on position but the fuel line was not plugged in.  It is unknown exactly how he fell in, but it appears he died by drowning.  It is believed he had either fallen in while trying to board the tender or had boarded and fallen out when e was trying to start the motor.
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