ON 10/07/09 AT APPROX. 1737 HRS, VESSEL 1-A SMALL SAILBOAT WAS OPERATING IN CRAB ALLEY BAY.  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WAS IN EFFECT WITH 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS.  ROUGH WATER CONDITIONS PRESENT.  VESSEL 1 OVERTURNED PUTTING THE OPERATOR/OCCUPANT IN THE WATER.  OPERATOR HAD A PFD HOLDING IT BY A STRAP BUT WAS NOT WEARING IT.  A SECOND VESSEL ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET OPERATOR INTO THE SECOND VESSEL.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 DROWNED UPON EXAMINATION BY MEDICAL EXAMINER.
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