I would say use the service that is more convient to the area you boat in. Sea Tow is $169, Towboat US is $157, but you have to buy a Boat US membership for $24, so it’s actually $181. I think it costs me $150 per year. Done!! Glad to have it.
A Gold Card also covers anyone operating your boats.
we only thought it was a co we had a membership with but too late after finding out it wasn’t the exact one. Our experience is that we could never use any of the discounts because we could buy the stuff cheaper by shopping around, but your experience may vary. So I asked how was I supposed to know how far offshore would be covered if I’m cruising up the east coast and the answer was that I would be responsible for checking with the map and franchisees in the areas I would be heading.But after that, they also said that Towboat US would handle it and get whatever the situation was rectified either with their own franchisees or with “extended coverage”, both of which meant that I wouldn’t end up paying more than my membership fee.
Both Know what is covered, know what isn’t, and choose the service that is best for you. Ive used my tow boat US membership many times on a …
Then he led us down the ICW and into the anchorage and directly to the best spot to anchor!
We also have 44 locations that cover the Great Lakes region. In some cases, if we were outside any coverage areas, Sea Tow would have arranged with an independant towing service. He says Boat US is paid like a blanket coverage, sort of like a healthcare HMO. February 6, 2018. I was helped by both of them and they are so proffesional and skilfull at what they do I would be a member forever.Sea Tow!! Dock-to-Dock Towing Options. Sea tow all the way. Didn't mention anything about the 48 or 72 hour rule but come Saturday it will have been 3 days.I have Sign & Glide on my Progressive policy.
Our dispatch centers are strategically stationed on both the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. It’s been awhile since I was at Powell, but the last time I was there they did not allow either service to operate on the lake.
AAaaaarrrggggg!!!! We’ve had good experiences with both. It also entitles you to:As a Sea Tow member, you’ll be served by a Sea Tow PRO® with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license and a vested interest in your “Peace of Mind on the Water.”™When we left for our trip down the eastern seaboard and around to Texas we opted to purchase towing from both companies. Gear. A BoatUS Unlimited Towing Membership provides 50% to tow your boat from its home dock or mooring to a repair facility. OK, fine. In return he asked where we were heading before our small crisis, called ahead to check on the tide for us (we couldn’t get into this anchorage except on a mid-rising tide. Boat US is prepaid & you use them as you need to. Boat towing and on-water service with 24/7 assistance from expert captains. In extended areas you may be required to pay up front for a towing service and be reimbursed, so be sure to ask up front. Needless to say I will always have unlimited towing. Hawestraw ( Tapan-Zee bridge ) and Sheapheads bay ( Brooklyn ). Whatever decision you make, when it comes to coverage, remember: it is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. In fact, there is no guaranteed US Coast Guard safety net either! Don’t agree to do anything that might compromise your boat. Anybody have a promo code or know of any discounts?
Tow Boat US came upon them, they told the operator they had Sea Tow, and he told them that there were no Sea Tow franchises nearby. Sea Tow is $169, Towboat US is $157, but you have to buy a Boat US membership for $24, so it’s actually $181. I was reluctant to do that because it was going to cost me a whopping $45 more than my current plan.
Before we left to go cruising, anchored out, our alternator belt exploded.
Back then, we weren’t very experienced and had no spares (we now carry several because for whatever reason we’ve had a problem with alternator belts not behaving!). Didn't mention anything about the 48 or 72 hour rule but come Saturday it will have been 3 days.
We kept it on our GPS for use over six years later when we returned to the US!Our other experience needing a tow was on our very first boat charter. If not, they might have arranged a service for us and similar to Sea Tow, in extreme cases, we might have had to pay for the service until being reimbursed by Towboat US up to $2,500 per incident.Both services offer some other towing options, professional mariner, commercial, etc. Picking a provider is as simple as trying to decipher which one has the best coverage in the areas you plan to cruise – links provided below if you want to check. I still have BOAT/US because they are based right at my Marina.unlimited tow insurance is the best dollar spent in boating....what a piece of mind....even new boat owners should have itMy decision was Boat US because they have a local presence for me. Sailing off into the sunset aboard their Passport 37 sailboat, they cruised from Annapolis to Cartagena, Colombia and back.
Our experience is that we could never use any of the discounts because we could buy the stuff cheaper by shopping around, but your experience may …
I would say use the service that is more convient to the area you boat in. Sea Tow is $169, Towboat US is $157, but you have to buy a Boat US membership for $24, so it’s actually $181. I think it costs me $150 per year. Done!! Glad to have it.
A Gold Card also covers anyone operating your boats.
we only thought it was a co we had a membership with but too late after finding out it wasn’t the exact one. Our experience is that we could never use any of the discounts because we could buy the stuff cheaper by shopping around, but your experience may vary. So I asked how was I supposed to know how far offshore would be covered if I’m cruising up the east coast and the answer was that I would be responsible for checking with the map and franchisees in the areas I would be heading.But after that, they also said that Towboat US would handle it and get whatever the situation was rectified either with their own franchisees or with “extended coverage”, both of which meant that I wouldn’t end up paying more than my membership fee.
Both Know what is covered, know what isn’t, and choose the service that is best for you. Ive used my tow boat US membership many times on a …
Then he led us down the ICW and into the anchorage and directly to the best spot to anchor!
We also have 44 locations that cover the Great Lakes region. In some cases, if we were outside any coverage areas, Sea Tow would have arranged with an independant towing service. He says Boat US is paid like a blanket coverage, sort of like a healthcare HMO. February 6, 2018. I was helped by both of them and they are so proffesional and skilfull at what they do I would be a member forever.Sea Tow!! Dock-to-Dock Towing Options. Sea tow all the way. Didn't mention anything about the 48 or 72 hour rule but come Saturday it will have been 3 days.I have Sign & Glide on my Progressive policy.
Our dispatch centers are strategically stationed on both the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. It’s been awhile since I was at Powell, but the last time I was there they did not allow either service to operate on the lake.
AAaaaarrrggggg!!!! We’ve had good experiences with both. It also entitles you to:As a Sea Tow member, you’ll be served by a Sea Tow PRO® with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license and a vested interest in your “Peace of Mind on the Water.”™When we left for our trip down the eastern seaboard and around to Texas we opted to purchase towing from both companies. Gear. A BoatUS Unlimited Towing Membership provides 50% to tow your boat from its home dock or mooring to a repair facility. OK, fine. In return he asked where we were heading before our small crisis, called ahead to check on the tide for us (we couldn’t get into this anchorage except on a mid-rising tide. Boat US is prepaid & you use them as you need to. Boat towing and on-water service with 24/7 assistance from expert captains. In extended areas you may be required to pay up front for a towing service and be reimbursed, so be sure to ask up front. Needless to say I will always have unlimited towing. Hawestraw ( Tapan-Zee bridge ) and Sheapheads bay ( Brooklyn ). Whatever decision you make, when it comes to coverage, remember: it is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. In fact, there is no guaranteed US Coast Guard safety net either! Don’t agree to do anything that might compromise your boat. Anybody have a promo code or know of any discounts?
Tow Boat US came upon them, they told the operator they had Sea Tow, and he told them that there were no Sea Tow franchises nearby. Sea Tow is $169, Towboat US is $157, but you have to buy a Boat US membership for $24, so it’s actually $181. I was reluctant to do that because it was going to cost me a whopping $45 more than my current plan.
Before we left to go cruising, anchored out, our alternator belt exploded.
Back then, we weren’t very experienced and had no spares (we now carry several because for whatever reason we’ve had a problem with alternator belts not behaving!). Didn't mention anything about the 48 or 72 hour rule but come Saturday it will have been 3 days.
We kept it on our GPS for use over six years later when we returned to the US!Our other experience needing a tow was on our very first boat charter. If not, they might have arranged a service for us and similar to Sea Tow, in extreme cases, we might have had to pay for the service until being reimbursed by Towboat US up to $2,500 per incident.Both services offer some other towing options, professional mariner, commercial, etc. Picking a provider is as simple as trying to decipher which one has the best coverage in the areas you plan to cruise – links provided below if you want to check. I still have BOAT/US because they are based right at my Marina.unlimited tow insurance is the best dollar spent in boating....what a piece of mind....even new boat owners should have itMy decision was Boat US because they have a local presence for me. Sailing off into the sunset aboard their Passport 37 sailboat, they cruised from Annapolis to Cartagena, Colombia and back.
Our experience is that we could never use any of the discounts because we could buy the stuff cheaper by shopping around, but your experience may …
They came out and pulled us back into deeper water in less than 10 minutes and charged us several hundred dollars and I thought that was ridiculous … that was the point where we found out we should have purchased towing insurance for our charter because it’s good for any boat we’re on as long as the owner isn’t aboard!But the experience left us wondering if the individual towing franchisees have the latitude to charge whatever they want whenever they want. Sea Tow!! Boat US has no urgency to come and get a member "in line" or fair order instead of a cash tow cal that may come up. Both services offer the basic services you might need at similar prices, so the selection is more a matter of who’s available where you might need them and other services, discussed below.Executive Summary: If you don’t want to read this entire post, the bottom line is that both services offer similar results, towing or other assistance when needed between 25 and 40 miles from their franchisee locations, sometimes as far as 150 miles away. That single tow probably more than paid for my membership fees for the rest of my life. The difference is in the way the tow boat is paid.
I would say use the service that is more convient to the area you boat in. Sea Tow is $169, Towboat US is $157, but you have to buy a Boat US membership for $24, so it’s actually $181. I think it costs me $150 per year. Done!! Glad to have it.
A Gold Card also covers anyone operating your boats.
we only thought it was a co we had a membership with but too late after finding out it wasn’t the exact one. Our experience is that we could never use any of the discounts because we could buy the stuff cheaper by shopping around, but your experience may vary. So I asked how was I supposed to know how far offshore would be covered if I’m cruising up the east coast and the answer was that I would be responsible for checking with the map and franchisees in the areas I would be heading.But after that, they also said that Towboat US would handle it and get whatever the situation was rectified either with their own franchisees or with “extended coverage”, both of which meant that I wouldn’t end up paying more than my membership fee.
Both Know what is covered, know what isn’t, and choose the service that is best for you. Ive used my tow boat US membership many times on a …
Then he led us down the ICW and into the anchorage and directly to the best spot to anchor!
We also have 44 locations that cover the Great Lakes region. In some cases, if we were outside any coverage areas, Sea Tow would have arranged with an independant towing service. He says Boat US is paid like a blanket coverage, sort of like a healthcare HMO. February 6, 2018. I was helped by both of them and they are so proffesional and skilfull at what they do I would be a member forever.Sea Tow!! Dock-to-Dock Towing Options. Sea tow all the way. Didn't mention anything about the 48 or 72 hour rule but come Saturday it will have been 3 days.I have Sign & Glide on my Progressive policy.
Our dispatch centers are strategically stationed on both the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. It’s been awhile since I was at Powell, but the last time I was there they did not allow either service to operate on the lake.
AAaaaarrrggggg!!!! We’ve had good experiences with both. It also entitles you to:As a Sea Tow member, you’ll be served by a Sea Tow PRO® with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license and a vested interest in your “Peace of Mind on the Water.”™When we left for our trip down the eastern seaboard and around to Texas we opted to purchase towing from both companies. Gear. A BoatUS Unlimited Towing Membership provides 50% to tow your boat from its home dock or mooring to a repair facility. OK, fine. In return he asked where we were heading before our small crisis, called ahead to check on the tide for us (we couldn’t get into this anchorage except on a mid-rising tide. Boat US is prepaid & you use them as you need to. Boat towing and on-water service with 24/7 assistance from expert captains. In extended areas you may be required to pay up front for a towing service and be reimbursed, so be sure to ask up front. Needless to say I will always have unlimited towing. Hawestraw ( Tapan-Zee bridge ) and Sheapheads bay ( Brooklyn ). Whatever decision you make, when it comes to coverage, remember: it is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. In fact, there is no guaranteed US Coast Guard safety net either! Don’t agree to do anything that might compromise your boat. Anybody have a promo code or know of any discounts?
Tow Boat US came upon them, they told the operator they had Sea Tow, and he told them that there were no Sea Tow franchises nearby. Sea Tow is $169, Towboat US is $157, but you have to buy a Boat US membership for $24, so it’s actually $181. I was reluctant to do that because it was going to cost me a whopping $45 more than my current plan.
Before we left to go cruising, anchored out, our alternator belt exploded.
Back then, we weren’t very experienced and had no spares (we now carry several because for whatever reason we’ve had a problem with alternator belts not behaving!). Didn't mention anything about the 48 or 72 hour rule but come Saturday it will have been 3 days.
We kept it on our GPS for use over six years later when we returned to the US!Our other experience needing a tow was on our very first boat charter. If not, they might have arranged a service for us and similar to Sea Tow, in extreme cases, we might have had to pay for the service until being reimbursed by Towboat US up to $2,500 per incident.Both services offer some other towing options, professional mariner, commercial, etc. Picking a provider is as simple as trying to decipher which one has the best coverage in the areas you plan to cruise – links provided below if you want to check. I still have BOAT/US because they are based right at my Marina.unlimited tow insurance is the best dollar spent in boating....what a piece of mind....even new boat owners should have itMy decision was Boat US because they have a local presence for me. Sailing off into the sunset aboard their Passport 37 sailboat, they cruised from Annapolis to Cartagena, Colombia and back.
Our experience is that we could never use any of the discounts because we could buy the stuff cheaper by shopping around, but your experience may …
