VtSteve,

Apparently a suit does exist, my bad. It must only be against an operator who was a licensee at the time, hence not in our legal files. This was all before Sea Tow became a franchise organization in 2000 and around the time that Sea Tow stopped towing for Boat US and they were getting their operators organized. An interesting time to say the least…

The best advice I can give anyone on a marine assistance membership is to get both companies, this way if one is busy or not in the region, you can get the other.

Joe

No bad advice at all Joe. It's gotta be pretty difficult maintaining a level of service across the nation amongst a variety of licensees/franchisees. Maybe you've seen better results with the franchise setup? What can be a great service on one body of water, may not be so good on another. Similar disparities exist in AAA services as well.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...cks-again.html

I have had Sea Tow for 5 years and only used them once when we ran aground in the Florida Keys. They were prompt, professional and did a great job. Handled everything with no charge. Being a franchise it is hard to judge all of them by the actions of a couple. I know Gino had some problems with one. I keep both just in case.

when we crashed in Ft Lauderdale, a Sea Tow guy that was there watching the race hid his truck because of how we were being treated. I'm sure it's like everything else: "guilty by association".

the way sea tow has acted at the races after everyone joins and they phuck a race team out of 9 to 12 grand at two races f them boat us for now. ps I tell them they sux at the boat shows when and if they ask why I tell them the story up here, that cause of a few in fl and cali we tell people to stay away.