RedactedNarrative: On Tuesday, 11/16/21 at approx 9:21am, a vessel experienced an electrical fire while navigating in the icw through the albemarle sound which caused the vessel to become inoperable.
  
  The operator and passenger were navigating in the ice going from Maryland to South Carolina and had stopped for the night and to refuel in Coinjock nc.  Approximately an hour and a half after departing coinjock, the vessel was cruising at approximately 16 knots when the operator experienced engine failure.
  
  The operator did not notice anything off on the instrument panel, so he left the flying bridge to check the engine.  Upon opening the cabin doors, he was overcome by smoke.  He grabbed a fire extinguisher but found the fire to be beyond the extinguisher’s capability.
  
  The operator shut the cabin doors and moved to the bow of the vessel with the passenger deploying several flares.  A nearby good samaritan picked up the two occupants and stood by until uscg arrived on scene.
  
  After approximately two hours from the start of the fire, the operator returned to the vessel.  The fire appeared to have extinguished itself due to lack of oxygen.  There was an onboard fixed fire suppression system in the engine compartment.  However, it did not appear to be hooked up and therefore did not activate.  The fire appeared to be centered around the generator located between the two engines.
  
  The vessel was equipped with all required safety equipment, but the fire prevented the occupants from reaching pfds.  The operator did not report any recent maintenance being completed on either of the engines or the generator.  The likely probable cause of this incident was an electrical malfunction that caused a fire which left both engines on the vessel inoperable.
  
  
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