RedactedNarrative: Operator was on his small wood boat trying to get the mooring line off the bow.  He was wearing hip boots and a inflatable PFD around his waist.  The wind was brisk and the waves were moderate.  The boat took a wave, filled with water and capsized.  
  
  His boots filled with water, he pulled the string on the inflatable PFD but it did not deploy.  He held on to the overturned boat until he was rescued by the FD rescue swimmers.  He was transported to the hospital and treated for exposure.  He was alone of the vessel at the time and reported no other injuries and no damage to the vessel.