RedactedNarrative: 3 men departed the boat ramp to go squid fishing.  They had not been out long when they decided to return as the seas were too choppy for squid fishing.  
  
  They pulled in the anchor and started to leave.  They were accompanied by another vessel that was unable to start and they went over to help them.  Operator was running vessel at full throttle and upon approaching the disabled vessel he pulled the throttle back to neutral.   
  
  At this time a large wave came over the back of the stern and began to fill the boat with water.  He pushed the throttle forward and took a large wave over the bow causing more flooding.  The boat was now full of water and listing to starboard.  The boat took another wave over the port side which caused the boat to capsize.  
  
  Operator held on to the overturned vessel for about 10 minutes but could no longer hold on due to the waves so he managed to get to the back of the boat and was able to hold on to the engine's lower unit where he was picked up by a tug boat shortly thereafter.  He was injured. 
  
  The 2nd surviving person was able to swim to their friends disabled boat.  He was uninjured.   Deceased had been holding onto a cooler and was using his arm to try to paddle to their friends boat.  At this time the boat operator due to the darkness lost sight of him and was the last time he saw the deceased.  None of the occupants were wearing life jackets but they were on board the vessel.  Accident cause is a combination of sea conditions coupled with operator inexperience.