The operator had fallen out of his vessel while tossing a sailing marker into the Long Island Sound. The boat maintained its forward propulsion unmanned and an undetermined portion of the boat ended up striking the operator while he was in the water, resulting in lacerations to his back, head and lip.  The victim was removed by another sailing instructor in another vessel.  The skiff's throttle was in the full position, but the vessel stopped moving because the gas tank had overturned while it was circling resulting in stalling the motor.
Greenwich                     