ARRIVAL ON SCENE

As I arrived to the Pelican Beach area I noticed a vessel that had smoke coming from the engine compartment. There were still individuals on the vessel using fire extinguishers on the engine. They were about 75 feet off shore, between the shore and the buoys. There were several vessels assisting them and I informed Officer where the boat was located. He towed them into the north marina, and we assisted them getting their boat on their trailer. There was damage done to the engine. How much damage was undetermined. You could see where they had used fire extinguishers on the engine. 

CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER

Operator stated that they were going along and they could smell some smoke. He looked at the temperature gauge that said it was 250 degrees. subject, who was in the boat with him stated that there was smoke, at which time he turned the vessel off and put the throttle in neutral. He said that they used their fire extinguisher and then two other boats gave them two other fire extinguishers which they used all of those on the engine as well. Four of the individuals helped him earlier in the day, they had just met them that day and were giving them a ride when the engine started to smoke. He stated that the engine did not go into flames, because they used three fire extinguishers. I asked him what caused it, which he stated that it was due to the overheating of the vessel.
WILLARD                       