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Whos Better For Long Island Seatow Or Boat Us

Pure Energy

For the money.......both!!!

Fountain38SC

Boat US. Seatow left me in the keys for hours b/c the guy was fishing. Finally I called the corp seatow office and they sent boatus. Guess who i've been with since.

Advantage 27

What company is the best to use for inland lakes and rivers?

Tantrum

As I recall, SeaTow is a contributor/supporter of Save The Manatee's. That was it for me

Audiofn

Same experience with Boat US so...... I was sinking at the Cape Cod Race a few years back and I saw the Baot US guy at the inlet about a half hour before. Since that jack azz did not respond they send a jet, helicopter, and two ribs from the coasties. When I finally got in touch with Boat US headquarters they would not do anything for me at all. I was PISSED!!! The Coasties were pissed also but not at me. They said that I did everything that I could.

Jon

CigDaze

There isn't a single encompassing answer to this, as I've found out that the representation by either company is highly dependant on the location. Just keep a good eye on which boats you see most next time your out to sort of guage which might be a better choice.

In my area, Boat-US has more boats and more stations close to where I boat.

Also, each local tow operation is independantly owned and operated, so the behavior and manner of each tow captain may not necessarily accurately reflect upon either organization as a whole.

On a final note, I've been a Boat-US member for many years now and enjoy their publications and appreciate the work that they do for the boating community - the organization as a whole does a tremendous amount for boaters, both locally and nationally via their government affairs and has been for over 40 years. That's where I like to give my support.

SLOWOUTBOARD

check there area coverage the is way more seatow then boat us.i think boat us has only 4 boats on the island

tblrklakemo

I boat on table rock lake MO. For seatow to help you there it is $130. Ironically it is also $130 for a year membership. I have never had a problem just flagging somebody over for a tow....did it last Saturday. From what I understand, our seatow guy makes most of his money salvaging sunken boats. I think he get 10% of the salvage value.

CAP071

It's a roll of the dice