RedactedNarrative: D17CC received notification this morning from AST in Dillingham of a PIW in Nushagak Bay off of Clarks Point. Reporting source said the subject was operating a 18' skiff, possibly intoxicated at the time, and saw the subject go into the water from the beach at approximately 2200 last night. Local group attempted to respond with no success. They then notified ASTs who initiated a response. While D17CC was on the phone with ASTs, ASTs received notification that the subject had been found on the beach deceased. AST in Dillingham is currently responding to incident and coordinating body recovery. AST did not have all the details of the case or why there was a delay in Coast Guard notification. AST will call D17CC with amplifying information when they return from investigating the incident.
  
  
  AST reports indicate the victim jumped out of his boat to attempt to swim to shore in the darkness and outgoing tide.  He was not wearing a PFD and had been drinking alcohol.  
  http://www.dps.state.ak.us/pio/dispatch/Trooper%20Dispatches%20of%2008-25-2014.20140825.txt
  
  News reports indicate that his boat motor wasn’t working so he lifted the anchor in an attempt to drift to shore.  Instead, he drifted farther away.  
  
  http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/man-drowns-after-jumping-from-boat-near-ekuk/27718988