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- 1999 Mainship 350 Trawler
Since this thread is also about two boats. I'll add another. I hailed Boat US (Technically I hailed Vessel Assist, which I thought was what Boat US named their towing division), who never responded. Seatow responded and told me to try channel 8 rather than 16. I called 'vessel assist' on 8. No answer. Seatow responded saying "I don't know why he's not answering, I just spoke with him". Seatow gave me the tow operators phone number directly. I called him on his phone. He then said "Where are you from, because Vessel Assist is a West Coast thing". OK, so now I'm starting to wonder. Seatow knew what I meant. This guy could hear me and know what I meant, but was playing a semantics game with me. "BOAT US" tells me he can't get there for 45 - 60 minutes.
Along comes my friend 5 minutes later and offers to tug me off. I accept and within a minute, I'm free. I call "Boat US" to advise that I'm off. I then get a very condescending lecture over VHF. He then tells me he's only 2 minutes away from me. (Information which would have been helpful since 5-10 minutes early he was 45 - 60 minutes out. He tells me I need to stop and sign paperwork. I agree.
I stop, he pulls up and I sign. He then berates me for the next 5 minutes about how he's been sitting out there for 4 days with no calls. IT's not fair that he had to call another guy in to cover multiple calls at the same time and I wasted his time, blah, blah, blah.
I've been a BOAT US customer for 11 years. I'm considering whether to I should switch to yellow.
Along comes my friend 5 minutes later and offers to tug me off. I accept and within a minute, I'm free. I call "Boat US" to advise that I'm off. I then get a very condescending lecture over VHF. He then tells me he's only 2 minutes away from me. (Information which would have been helpful since 5-10 minutes early he was 45 - 60 minutes out. He tells me I need to stop and sign paperwork. I agree.
I stop, he pulls up and I sign. He then berates me for the next 5 minutes about how he's been sitting out there for 4 days with no calls. IT's not fair that he had to call another guy in to cover multiple calls at the same time and I wasted his time, blah, blah, blah.
I've been a BOAT US customer for 11 years. I'm considering whether to I should switch to yellow.