V1 was underway in the vicinity of the mooring field northeast of Titusville Marina.  While underway, the operator, for an unknown reason, entered the water.  The operator was not wearing a PFD, even though there were two in the boat at the time of the incident.  After entering the water, the operator called for help to the surrounding vessels, but the responders were unable to locate the operator before he slipped below the surface of the water and drowned.  Preliminary autopsy results showed the cause of death as accidental, and the manner of death as drowning.
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