V1 OPERATOR WAS CRUISING IN LAKE OSBORNE WHEN HE SMELLED SMOKE.  HE OPENED HIS ENGINE COVER AND FOUND A FIRE ON THE ENGINE.  HE WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT.  V1 THEN BEGAN TAKING ON WATER.  HE BLEW HIS AIR HORN FOR HELP AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE VESSEL SAFELY TO SHORE WHERE HE MET WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE.  SEA TOW RESPONDED AND WAS ABLE TO FLOAT THE VESSEL AND THE SHERIFF'S MARINE UNIT TOWED THE VESSEL SAFELY TO THE CLOSEST BOAT RAMP.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES NOTED.
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