"He was on the boat alone, and he had been with the deckhands, " Vinson said Wednesday.

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After the deckhands went to run their errands, though, the boat never pulled around and they came back to the boat to find him dead, Vinson said.

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They were supposed to go out today, (and) he told the deckhands to go get some ice for the boat, that he was going to pull it around.

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The backers of this event are at pains to remind people this business employs thousands of people (craftsmen, architects, builders, designers, deckhands), and when a new anchorage is discovered by the rich and famous to park their yachts, it can generate a lot of income for a region.

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