Tow Boat US
20 October 2007
• Oriental, NC
by Keith, late October, 2007
Everyone told me it was just a matter of time until I grounded on the ICW and that I should buy towing insurance, so I did for the peace of mind. When you have towing insurance, you don't have to have a panic attack every time you approach the side of the channel and your depth meter reads 2 feet under the keel. This is one of the ubiquitous tow boats driving out to get somebody. I didn't ground this trip, but as I was getting pulled out of the water to store the boat, another very large power boat was coming in (probably the boat this tow was going to save) that had grounded at night due to following electronic charts instead of the actual markers. That boat had around 5-10 thousand dollars in damage. One prop had a blade completely sheared off. The folks at Deatons Yacht service estimated that the prop alone would cost 2-3 thousand to replace. Kind of puts things into perspective in terms of the costs to maintain Tropical Dreamer.
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