Six people went on a boat ride on Operator's new pontoon boat.  As they were crusing a hat fell into the lake.  Operator who was operating the boat, jumped into the lake to retrieve the hat, without a PFD on.  He retrieved the hat, but as he was in the water, the boat began to drift away.  Two possible factors in the boat drifting were the moderate wind on the lake and that the pop up bathroom on board was acting like a sail.  Subject exited the bathroom area of the boat and observed her husband struggling in the water.  Subject got behind the wheel and attempted to rescue her husband, but she over accelerated and was unable to get close enough to pick him up.  Another person then put on a life jacket and jumped into the water and swam towards Operator.  The other person stated that Operator was blue in the face when he first got to him.  A jet ski arrived and grabbed ahold of Operator to keep him out of the water until the pontoon arrived to start CPR.  The jet ski riders advised the pontoon that Operator already appeared dead.
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