When you REALLY are glad you have Tow Boat US
Oct, '03, about a month after Hurricaine Isabelle, we were heading South on the ICW. We had left Coinjock at dawn and by 23:30 were in Adams Creek, about 6-7 miles north of Beaufort, planning to tie up at Jarrett Bay Boatworks within an hour, sleep till 07:00, fuel up and go offshore.
The banks of the creek were strewn w/ logs and trees that had recently been blown down by the hurricaine and pushed to the side. As we motored south in the creek, it became quite chilly. Fog rolled in, and quickly became very thick. I slowed way down, but despite charplotter and a floodlight, we bumped and my (winged) keel became stuck on a submerged tree trunk near the bank. :cry:
Unable to get off, we called TowBoat US's 1-800 number. A few minutes later I received a return call from Tow Boat US in Oriental, NC. It took him an hour to get to us, another hour to wash and finally rock our keel off the submerged tree, then (still in dense fog) lead us to a safe place to tie up:dance:. ... We DID refuel and go offshore the next AM
I can't recall the TowBoat US captain's name, but I've never met a nicer professional who was more helpful (at ONE O'CLOCK in the morning).
I later received the paid towing invoice from Boat US ... $1100.00.
So, Alan, THAT'S why, as a (slightly crazy) sailboat owner, I have, and will keep, towing insurance.... especially in the Ches. Bay and ICW.
Oct, '03, about a month after Hurricaine Isabelle, we were heading South on the ICW. We had left Coinjock at dawn and by 23:30 were in Adams Creek, about 6-7 miles north of Beaufort, planning to tie up at Jarrett Bay Boatworks within an hour, sleep till 07:00, fuel up and go offshore.
The banks of the creek were strewn w/ logs and trees that had recently been blown down by the hurricaine and pushed to the side. As we motored south in the creek, it became quite chilly. Fog rolled in, and quickly became very thick. I slowed way down, but despite charplotter and a floodlight, we bumped and my (winged) keel became stuck on a submerged tree trunk near the bank. :cry:
Unable to get off, we called TowBoat US's 1-800 number. A few minutes later I received a return call from Tow Boat US in Oriental, NC. It took him an hour to get to us, another hour to wash and finally rock our keel off the submerged tree, then (still in dense fog) lead us to a safe place to tie up:dance:. ... We DID refuel and go offshore the next AM
I can't recall the TowBoat US captain's name, but I've never met a nicer professional who was more helpful (at ONE O'CLOCK in the morning).
I later received the paid towing invoice from Boat US ... $1100.00.
So, Alan, THAT'S why, as a (slightly crazy) sailboat owner, I have, and will keep, towing insurance.... especially in the Ches. Bay and ICW.
