VESSEL WAS A 15'6" COLEMAN CANOE WITH 1 PERSON ON BOARD.  OPERATOR SAT AT STERN CAUSING BOW TO RAISE UP AND STERN TO LOWER, PADDLED ON LEFT SIDE, WIND CAUGHT EXPOSED BOW AND PUSHED BOW TO PORT.  TRIED TO PADDLE ON LEFT SIDE AGAIN TO STRAIGHTEN CANOE AND COMBINATION OF WIND HITTING EXPOSED BOW AND WEIGHT SHIFT OF OPERATOR TO PADDLE CAUSED CANOE TO ROLL EJECTING OPERATOR INTO WATER.  UNABLE TO RE-ENTER CANOE AND BAIL, OPERATOR ABANDONED CANOE AND TRIED TO SWIM TO SHORE.  WATER TEMPERATURE, WEIGHT OF CLOTHES AND EXHAUSTION DID NOT ALLOW OPERATOR TO MAKE SHORE.  SWAM TO BUOY WHERE FIRE RESCUE TEAM RETRIEVED HIM.  OPERATOR WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA TREATMENT, TREATED AND RELEASED.  CANOE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY WERE RETRIEVED BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE VESSEL.  OPERATOR WAS NOT WEARING NOR CARRYING A PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE.  OPERATOR WAS WARNED NOT CITED FOR FAILURE TO HAVE A REQUIRED PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE ON BOARD HIS VESSEL.
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