RedactedNarrative: A family decided to rent a 23 foot Pontoon boat with a 25 outboard HP on Onota Lake in Pittsfield. After being underway for 45 minutes a male passenger wanted to go for a swim. Operator was drifting and he shut off the engine. Passenger jumped off the bow of the vessel. He was known to be a strong swimmer. He was swimming around the boat when he shouted he was being pulled and couldn’t get back to the boat. 
  
  Operator estimates at this point he was about 30feet off the starboard side. They through him a life jacket that he was able to get around his neck and right arm. He was still in distress and the operator started the engine to get closer to him. 
  
  At about 15 feet away from him they threw him the anchor line but it did not reach him. His wife dove in and towed him back to the boat. Operator and his wife had extensive boating experience and both had taken boating safety courses.