RedactedNarrative: Vessel – “JOHN GALT” - 1966 Artic Survey Fiberglass Cabin Motorboat (Mfg Unknown) w/Diesel Inboard Engine (Mfg/HP Unknown)
  
  On 02/07/2017, time not reported, this vessel  was found beached at Ross Point in Port Orchard located in Kitsap county, WA.
  
  According to Law Enforcement, Officers responded to Ross Point at 10:22.  The “John Galt”, an Alaska registered vessel, was located with the engine running, heater on, and no one on board.  
  
  Owner lived on a 1955, 75' Fulton Classic Tug Boat at anchor in Sinclair Inlet.  He used the “JOHN GALT” to get back and forth to shore.  Un-named witnesses said that the “JOHN GALT” was seen beached in Bremerton near the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 02/06/2017 at about 5 p.m.  
  
  Three friends of Owner arrived from Olympia.  Friend1 said that she last spoke with Owner yesterday (02/06) between 1 and 2 p.m.  She said that she had the phone on speaker so that Friend2 could also speak with him.  They told Officers that Owner was intoxicated at that time.  His speech was slurred and he told them that he had been drinking and had a lot of beer and cigarettes.  Friend2 said Owner never wears a PFD.
  
  Friend2 told Officers that he is working for Owner to captain his boat to Alaska.  He told Officers that he piloted the “JOHN GALT” last Monday, January 30th.  Friend2 said that Owner had a blue bag with about $20,000 in silver bars and coins on the Tug.  Officers inspected the vessel and found 3 rifles in a closet.  They took them for safe keeping.  Officers indicated that the boat was messy / disorganized.  
  
  According to Law Enforcement on 02/06/2017, at 05:00 p.m., when the “JOHN GALT” was seen on the beach on the Bremerton side of Sinclair Inlet, the weather was cloudy, 35 degrees, wind out to the South at 9 to 16 MPH, the water was about 47 degrees.  
  
  Owner was likely on the boat alone and likely had been drinking according to Friend1 and Friend2.
  
  Owner's body was found floating in the water at the west end of the shipyard on 02/07/2017, at about 01:30 p.m.  Coordinates 47.33.1089,--122.39.6401.
  
  It is assumed he fell overboard.
  
  0 Injuries / Fatality
  Alcohol Involvement is Likely
  No Vessel Damage Reported
  The Operator/Deceased was not wearing a PFD
  The Operator/Deceased did not have a mandatory Boater Education Card
  