Towing Insurance

Post by **mjsigns** » August 2nd, 2004, 10:10 pm

Who offers the best deal for on the water towing assistance?

I hate to bring this up, but I could use the peace of mind.

Thanks-

Post by **tin can** » August 3rd, 2004, 2:15 am

Tow Boat US has a boat based in St. Marks. They offer different levels of coverage. It's around $100 a year for up to $500 per incident.

Post by **Tom Keels** » August 3rd, 2004, 7:05 am

The unlimited towing option from Tow Boat US is the way to go. It's $99 per year on top of the $19 Boat US membership. It covers the entire tow no matter how long or how much.

Post by **Sir reel** » August 3rd, 2004, 8:52 am

I'd be interested in hearing from our folks if they've used this service.

Post by **rocket** » August 3rd, 2004, 9:00 am

I had insurance on my last boat ,and intend to put it on my new one. I'm fairly certain my coverage included towing. I don't remember the specifics, but if you have insurance on your boat, you might already have towing coverage as well.

Post by **Tom Keels** » August 3rd, 2004, 9:15 am

We had to use Joefisher's one day while coming into the Carrabelle River and the lower unit let go. They towed us from the mouth to C-quarters and without insurance I want to say it would have been about $1000 bucks.

The folks that run Tow Boat in our area are some of the best folks in the state.

Post by GC » August 3rd, 2004, 9:22 am

I haven't used them my self, but one of the times I fished out of shell point this year, I did hear a boater contact tow boat US out of St. Marks.
The stranded boaters were fishing around grey mare. The tow boat made it to them in less than 30 minutes.
I know it's not that far, but the service seemed to be very responsive.
By the way, the stranded boaters did have a GPS and were able to give their coords to the tow boat to help him locate them quickly.