RedactedNarrative: WITNESS/PASSENGER STATED VESSEL 1 WAS HEADING EAST OUT OF EUFAULA COVE.  PASSENGER STATED THAT AS OPERATOR REACHED FULL THROTTLE HIS HAT BLEW OFF AND HE THEN TURNED VESSEL AROUND TO RETRIEVE IT.  OPERATOR/VICTIM ENTERED THE WATER AND BEGAN TO STRUGGLE.  PASSENGER THREW HIM 2 DIFFERENT LIFE JACKETS AND EVEN ENTERED THE WATER IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE OPERATOR/VICTIM.  PASSENGER ALSO ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE VESSEL TRYING TO GET IT CLOSER TO VICTIM.  VICTIM WENT UNDER AND NEVER RESURFACED.  PASSENGER FLAGGED DOWN PASSING BY VESSEL AND THEN CALLED 911. VICTIM WAS RECOVERED  AT 1711 HOURS IN APPROXIMATELY 32FT OF WATER AND APPROXIMATELY WEST OF EAST SHORELINE USING DRAGGING METHOD.  NEXT OF KIN(DAUGHTER) NOTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 2000 HOURS.