OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 CLAIMED TO BE 300 - 500 FEET FROM THE PUBLIC LAUNCH AT STERLING STATE PARK IN THE APPROACH CANAL TO THE BOAT RAMPS.  OWNER OBSERVED SMOKE BILLOWING FROM ENGINE WITH POSSIBLE FLAMES.  PASSENGER DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND THE OWNER DISCHARGED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  THIS LEFT THE BOAT FLOUNDERING IN THE WATER.  A PASSING VESSEL ASSISTED THE DAMAGED CRAFT BY TOWING THE VESSEL TO BOAT RAMP #5 WHERE THE DISABLED VESSEL WAS SAFELY DOCKED.
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