WESTON — Maine game wardens have recovered the body of a man presumed to have drowned in a lake in the Aroostook County town of Weston.

Officials say 33-year-old Leslie Sawyer of Linneus was boating with a woman Tuesday evening when the vessel took on water after making a hard turn.

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says that neither person was wearing a life jacket, and that alcohol was determined to be a factor.

Sawyer didn’t know how to swim. The survivor, Cheryl Sawyer, told rescuers she held her companion afloat as long as she could before letting go of him.

Agency spokeswoman Edie Smith says Sawyer’s body was found in about 17 feet of water at 10:02 a.m. today. The investigation is continuing.