T&T: "Unlimited towing" - TowBoatUS vs. SeaTow

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When I was cruising those areas I carried both. It's peanuts really  compared 
to having to sit in an undesirable location for the one you belong to  when 
the other one may be just around the bend. Once I had to wait two hours for  
BOAT/US to arrive from a distance. All that time I was looking at a yellow boat  
across the river marked SEA TOW. Just as soon as I got off the ground, I   
went online from the pilot house and joined SEA TOW effective at midnight. Since 
 then, of course, I have needed nieither.
 
Doc
 
 
In a message dated 11/4/2008 11:56:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
miltbaker at mindspring.com writes:

Which  offers better "unlimited towing" service, TowBoatUS or SeaTow?

Now that  Bluewater is back in the USA, I'd like to sign up for one of the 
"unlimited  towing" services, either TowBoaUS or SeaTow.  A quick online check 
shows  the prices are competitive ($118/year for TowBoatUS and $149/year less 
15%  from SeaTow.  My own experience along the Eastern Seaboard shows that  
TowBoatUS and SeaTow seem to cover the waterfront about equally.

For  those of you who have been down this road before, are there significant  
advantages/disadvantages of going with one or the other?  Lesson one to  me 
was that "unlimited towing" for both has a specific definition that  definitely 
does not mean UNLIMITED TOWING.  Both have some weasel words  in their 
service agreements about service in and out of one's home port or  home area, a 
concern since we expect to cruise in the Bahamas and cover the  east coast from 
south Florida to Down East Maine.

Thanks for any  insights or input you can provide!

--Milt Baker, Nordhavn 47 Bluewater,  Fort  Lauderdale
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