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Originally Posted by John A. Birdsall
Well that is just ducky, so your out on the lake and the cell towers do not pick up your tone. And I have not seen signs anywhere with their phone number on it. so they can monitor 24-7 and what do you do? Maybe their are public telephone booths on all islands.
Some may say your on your own out their, but look at what happened last night and today for the poor fellow that fell off the Mount.
Years gone by, if you had trouble you did not need sea tow people were there and would lend a hand, and some still do. I know if I see someone in trouble I will stop and try to help them.
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I think that Silver Duck's point is that for fairly short money, you can be covered and your membership card has the national number on it. I have my local towing service local number on my cell phone. I had the misfortune to snap a lower unit and had to be towed in, getting caught in a terrible thunderstorm along the way, and it cost me almost $400 for the tow. (thanks MB). I have over the past few years towed folks 3 or 4 times, sometimes without so much as a thank you, and the last time, i towed the individual from near the east end of Rattlesnake to Roberts Cove. It wasn't until we were about a third of the way to Roberts Cove that he took out his cell phone to call a friend to pick him up at Roberts Cove. He certainly didn't use it to get assistance when he was broken down, and no real thanks.
In the future, I'll stop, I'll suggest dropping an anchor, and will gladly place a call to TowboatUS or the Marine Patrol, but my days of a freebie tow are over, except for a close friend or someone in imminent danger.