WHILE TRAVERSING FROM GLADSTONE TO ESCANABA, OPERATOR PUT BOAT ON AUTO PILOT.  OPERATOR FELL OVERBOARD WHILE TRYING TO ADJUST FISHING GEAR JUST SOUTH OF GLADSTONE NEAR AN AREA REFERRED TO AS "BLACK BOTTOM."  BOAT MAINTAINED COURSE HEADING SOUTH.  BOAT THEN COLLIDED WITH THE ESCANABA MUNICIPAL PIER.  PASSENGER FELL ASLEEP ON THE BOAT AS THEY WER LEAVING THE HABOR IN GLADSTONE.  THE FEMALE WOKE UP WHEN THE BOAT CRASHED INTO THE DOCK.  OPERATOR SWAM ACROSS THE BAY AND WAS FOUND ON THE SHORE JUST NORTH OF THE TERRACE HOTEL.  IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS ALIVE AND WELL.
LITTLE BAY DE NOC
ESCANABA                      