RedactedNarrative: Owner of V1 took the vessel off its lift at his residence.  He drove the vessel out into the river and noticed the vessel was not running right, he then started to return to his dock when the motor shutoff.  
  
  He then restarted the motor and continued to his dock when the motor shutoff a second time.  Upon trying to restart the motor a third time he heard an explosion at the motor and noticed fire in the back of the vessel.  
  
  The owner then grabbed his wallet and cell phone and jumped into the river.  He then swam to the front of the boat and started swimming the vessel to shallow water while it was on fire.  Once he got to water shallow enough for him to touch the bottom he then began to look for a way to anchor the vessel.  The vessel continued to drift toward a neighboring dock so he went to retrieve it.  
  
  Once he got the vessel away from the dock he got an anchor from another vessel and secured the vessel.  At that time the fire department arrived, extinguished the fire and helped the owner get it back onto the trailer.  The vessel is a total loss.  The owner was not injured nor is there any other property damage to report.
  