No-one was injured and the fire in the engine room was extinguished by the time the ferry, Wight Sky, arrived back in Yarmouth Harbour some 50 minutes after leaving.
Isle of Wight Conservative MP, Bob Seely, has sent seven questions to the Transport Minister about Isle of Wight ferries, including if they'd support renationalising one of the services.
The petition which will run for six months, has attracted over 2,500 signatures in two days. It calls on the government to step in an regulate ferry fares.
Following sea trials Wightlink staff and contractors will now move on to Victoria of Wight to get her ready for her first customers as she comes into service later in the summer.
The Sunday Times quoted the Isle of Wight ferry company as having made £17.7m profit last year - that's nearly £1.5m profit per month, every month of last year.
The council choose to describe this new work to the Floating Bridge as 'improvements'. Shouldn't all of these things have been delivered when the then-new Floating bridge was received a year and two months ago?