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Originally Posted by ecduzitgood
So what are the fees based on? Value of the vessel or difficulty of the job/conditions. I couuld agree with a premiun price based upon conditions but basing the fee on the value of the vessel is wrong. If I am traversing the canal and loose power and have no anchor (let's say it was lost during deployment) and I am adrift and require your service would I be billed for a tow? I doubt it, you would feel it meets the criteria to be a salvage and try and collect/bill as such...opportunistic is a very good description.
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This is a good point. I do not agree that the fees should be based on the salvage value of the vessel. At the end of the day you are a tow boat operator not a surgeon. If it is too rough then stay in and let the Coast Guard handle it. In the end its all about the money. Some poor bastards back against the wall and you got him by the balls.
And yes over my 45 years of boating I have (Salvaged) towed other boats, I have rescued boaters in peril in the water, in rough seas. I pulled a few guys out of the bay a few years ago after their boat was hit by a tanker in the middle of the night, I rescued 3 people out of Rhode Island sound after they hit a rock in broad daylight. I never charge anyone a nickle.
I do not disagree that a tow service is badly needed. It is. But the hosing of the boater under these circumstances seems bad.