According to victim's wife victim paddled out on his canoe to put a mooring sticker on his sailboat then paddled over to his motorboat.  That was the last time she saw him.  She was notified by neighbors that they saw the victim swimming back to shore and the canoe floating away.  They saw him begin to struggle in the water and went to help him.  They pulled him onto the beach unconscious and began cpr.  He was not wearing a PFD and only had a seat cushion available.  Wife could not confirm whether victim could swim or not.  Investigator believes most likely scenario is victim entered canoe in order to head back to shore was most likely was standing in the canoe when it tipped and he fell into the water.  Cause of accident not wearing pfd or having one available and operator inattention/improper loading.  Toxicology tests came back with no results.
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