OWNER/OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1; AND OCCUPANT  WERE PADDELING TOWARDS THE BOAT RAMP WHEN WINDS STARTED TO PICK UP FROM A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION.  OCCUPANT STATED THAT THE CANOE BEGAN TO ROCK BUT DID NOT TAKE IN ANY WATER.   IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS OFF SHORE THAT THE CANOE CAPSIZED ON THE STARBOARD SIDE AND BOTH MEN FELL INTO THE WATER.   THEY BOTH TRIED TO RERIGHTEN THE CANOE BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.  BOTH VICTIMS GRABBED THE TWO LIFE JACKETS THAT WERE FLOATING IN THE WATER , HELD ONTO THE JACKETS AND KICKED TOWARDS SHORE.  OCCUPANT WAS THE FIRST TO REACH SHORE.  HE WENT TO THE NEAREST HOUSE BUT ONE ONE WAS HOME.  HE THEN WENT BACK TO THE STEPS LEADING TO THE WATER WHERE OWNER/OPERATOR WAS VISIBLE.  OCCUPANT STATED THAT HE YELLED TO OWNER/OPERATOR AND TOLD HIM HE WAS GOING TO THE NEXT HOUSE TO CALL FOR HELP.   WHEN OCCUPANT ARRIVED AT THE NEXT HOUSE, THE RESIDENTS WERE HOME AND HE MADE THE CALL.  WHEN OCCUPANT RETURNED TO THE WATERFRONT, HE DID NOT SEE OWNER/OPERATOR OR HEAR HIM CALLING FOR HELP.  NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WERE FOUND OR INVOLVED.

OER STATED THAT AS HE WAS INTERVIEWING OCCUPANT, TIVERTON FIRE HAD RECOVERED OWNER/OPERATOR AND WAS PLACED INTO A RECUE AWAITING THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER.
TIVERTON                      