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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

24/7 On-Water TowBoatUS Service for Boaters Comes to Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho When boats break down on the water, TowBoatUS safely brings them home. Now the national 24/7 on-water towing service for recreational boaters has come to the Gem State with the opening of TowBoatUS Coeur d’Alene. Capt. Preston Rose and

by: Scott Croft

tags: Beyond the Great Lakes, BoatUS, Distress Calls, Inland Boating, Service, Towing

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

TowBoatUS Lake Texoma, Oklahoma’s pink response boat is raising awareness of breast cancer around the lake, and helping to drive donations to find a cure. SPRINGFIELD, Va., Sept. 26, 2023 – At any other time of year, the red towing response vessels of the on-water TowBoatUS towing fleet are helping recreational

by: BoatUS

tags: Boating News, Charity, Health and Wellness, Towing, Women In Boating

Saturday, July 17, 2021

Check out the services TowBoat U.S. Lake St Clair offers and what they do to handle all of your on the water needs. 

tags: Diving, Lake Erie, Lake St.Clair, Salvage, Towing

Sunday, July 4, 2021

TowBoat US predicts a very busy boating season ahead of us. Find out how they can help you deal in the hectic waters.

tags: COVID-19, Lifestyle, safety, Salvage, Software & Apps, Towing

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

JTA Yacht Delivery travels all over to find, show, and transport boats. With the trials of the pandemic still being present in daily living, they have not stopped what they’re best at!

tags: Towing

Saturday, August 29, 2020

Mercury Marine® today unveiled its Bravo Four S™ forward‑facing drive with Smart Tow® controls, a new drive system for MerCruiser® engines that elevates the art of crafting perfect wakes for wakesurfing, wakeboarding and other tow sports. Digital controls that coordinate ballast, surf tabs and propulsion

tags: Engines, Smark Technology, Towing, Water Toys

Thursday, July 2, 2020

At the nation’s largest 24/7 on-water towing and assistance service for recreational boaters, TowBoatUS, it’s all hands on deck. The 600-plus boat fleet responds to more than 70,000 requests annually, but this Independence Day holiday weekend the towing service is expected assist more than 3500 boaters with a tow, battery

tags: Boat Club, Events, safety, Towing

Monday, June 29, 2020

Lower Michigan’s ‘Mitten Tip,’ where the waters of lakes Huron and Michigan swirl in the Straits of Mackinac, now has professional 24-hour on-water assistance available to recreational boaters. The newly opened TowBoatUS Mackinaw City is the 12th TowBoatUS location for owner Richard Lenardson, who began his company

tags: Boat Club, Company Expansions, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Towing

Thursday, May 21, 2020

A local small business with two locations is changing hands, TowBoatUS Lorain and TowBoatUS Vermillion. The 24-hour, on water towing ports on Lake Erie new owner is longtime manager and lead towing captain John Piskura. The Gulf War veteran and retired fireman/paramedic purchased the locations, which provide routine on-water

tags: Boat Club, Employment News, safety, Towing

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Recreating outdoors has become an important survival tool in the era of the coronavirus pandemic, and recreational boaters are no different. The nationwide on-water towing fleet with more than 600 red response vessels, TowBoatUS, expects this Memorial Day holiday weekend to be a busy one, responding to an increased number of requests

tags: Boat Club, safety, Towing, Travel

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