Boat US Towing Insurance

When i had my Bayliner, we got unlimeted towing. It saved us alot of money. I never did trust that engine. It would breakdown at bad times. The Boat U.S tow captains were very good at bringing a 28 ft boat back into the slip stern first. They were very courtious and very helpfull. With the Dory we have not had to use them. We will still keep it just for safety. Having your boat towed is not cheap. You pay for the time going to you and for them to get back to thier home dock. :) :thup
 
US Boat was always hitting me up for tow and boat insurance, but doesn’t offer it here in Alaska. I really liked the magazine but can’t subside to just the magazine, so not a member anymore. There really is no tow service were we boat. The CG will coordinate a tow with other boaters or sometimes perform the tow with one of their auxiliary boats. If a private boat performs the tow CG will maintain contact tell the tow package is delivered, seems to occur just about every busy weekend out on the sound.
 
I have Boat US's "Unlimited Gold" towing. Since it goes with me when I'm on my trawler in the PNW, RIB on the lake, and now my CD wherever I take it, I think it's a pretty fair deal.
 
I've had BoatUS and previously Vessel Assist for more than 20 years. I had to use them twice. Once when my single inboard threw a rod and once when my anchor latch broke in heavy seas. The anchor and chain fed out faster than my buddy who was driving could shut the engine down. The anchor and chain wrapped around my duoprop outdrive, ripping gears to shreds and cracking my stern. My bilge pumps worked fast enough to keep the incoming water from sinking us.
 
thataway":kpbaz00h said:
50 years ago, there was no towing service--boaters took care of other boaters, and the CG was there if you needed them!
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Bob, 50 years ago boating was a much more adventurous activity than it is today, more comparable to what would be regarded as an extreme sport today, I suspect. Today, your abilities, experience and confidence place you, I would guess, in a very select group three standard deviations above the mean. I have read the cautionary tales about tow services, the laws of salvage, etc. and all I can say is, "so?" There is risk in everything, and each of us must accept a level of risk that we are comfortable with. This is not to say that I will not continue to strive to improve my abilities experience and confidence -- perhaps some day, like you, to even go without towing services.

Warren
 
We have BoatUS and hope to never use it. But, it is a bit of peace of mind to know that we can someone if we needed to. Part of the fun of boating is the surprise...and not all of them are of the pleasant variety.
 
I have my boat insurance with Boat US and also have been a member of Boat US since 1990. I have had unlimited towing insurance for most of those years. I have never needed a tow and have never had a claim. I guess I am lucky. I stay with Boat US because all the boaters that I know who have insurance with them always have received good and prompt service. They check out the damage and pay the claim. The Boat US tow people are good people also.

Several boaters that I know have had insurance with other companies and when the hurricane strikes and they have damage it is always a hassel to get any damage paid. Some never collected on their claim.

My money is on Boat US because of their reputation of getting the job done. :lol:
 
Warren I am going to disagree with you that boating was a more adventurous activity in the past than today. Perhaps boaters then realized that they had a responsibility. True it is easier to navigate, there is some one perhaps more likely to bail you out if you make a mistake. However, the mistake can be just a deadly today as it was 50 or 100 years ago. No towing service will take the place of developing boating skills, and respecting the sea. Boats still are regularly lost, people drown just as they did 50 years ago--a tow boat policy will not change that.

Boaters should still be ready to standby other boaters in distress--although not all understand that obligation.

Regards,
 
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