RedactedNarrative: On june 16, 2014, at approximately 1:30pm, operator1 was cruising down the icw in a 28 ft carolina classic in bogue sound near channel marker #2 and sugar loaf island. While traveling in an easterly direction at approximately 25 knots, operator1 noticed his starboard side engine's temperature rising. He slowed to idle speed and smoke began to enter the galley. He then turned off the engines and anchored his vessel. 
  
  Tow boat us provided assistance, raised the engine hatch, and extinguished the flames. No one was injured and no property other than the vessel was damaged. Mechanical failure is the suspected cause of the fire. The exact nature of the mechanical failure is currently unknown. Operator1 had not recently fueled the vessel and residual fuel vapors are not thought to have caused the fire. The fire caused significant damage to the engine room, engine, and rear starboard side of the vessel.